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... electron car- ries the basic unit of negative electric charge , and because opposite charges attract one another , in a neutral atom the total charge of the nucleus , + Ze , is balanced by Z electrons surrounding the nucleus . An atomic ...
... electron car- ries the basic unit of negative electric charge , and because opposite charges attract one another , in a neutral atom the total charge of the nucleus , + Ze , is balanced by Z electrons surrounding the nucleus . An atomic ...
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... electrons . Experiments show that an electron has a further characteristic , its spin , which affects its motion and hence its possible energies . The electron behaves as if it were a spinning top , with its own intrinsic angular ...
... electrons . Experiments show that an electron has a further characteristic , its spin , which affects its motion and hence its possible energies . The electron behaves as if it were a spinning top , with its own intrinsic angular ...
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... electron free to move ( valence electron ) . Addition of the next electron to produce a beryllium atom completes the partial shell or subshell n = 2 , l = 0 . A subshell consists of all electrons of the same principal and orbital ...
... electron free to move ( valence electron ) . Addition of the next electron to produce a beryllium atom completes the partial shell or subshell n = 2 , l = 0 . A subshell consists of all electrons of the same principal and orbital ...
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