Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32162-592-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-32162-592-2

Chapter 28 - Quantum Mechanics of Atoms - Questions - Page 825: 14

Answer

We are asked to imagine the periodic table if there were no electron spin, but quantum mechanics were otherwise valid. According to the Pauli exclusion principle, s subshells would hold just one electron (not two), p subshells would hold just three electrons (not six), and d subshells would hold just five electrons (not ten). See answers.

Work Step by Step

We are asked to imagine the periodic table if there were no electron spin, but quantum mechanics were otherwise valid. According to the Pauli exclusion principle, s subshells would hold just one electron (not two), p subshells would hold just three electrons (not six), and d subshells would hold just five electrons (not ten). See the attached figure for the Revised Periodic Table, presented in the manner of the periodic table in the inside back cover of the textbook.
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