chem: complete quantum numbers and add electron configuration

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According to **Heisenberg's uncertainty principle**, the more precisely the position of an electron is known, the less precisely its momentum is known and vice versa. Since the Bohr-Rutherford model, like most models, is an egregious lie, this principle is used to develop the Schrödinger model.
The Schrödinger model asserts that electrons are now **three-dimensional waveforms** instead of particles and relates the wave to the electron's energy and position. As such, the position of each electron is represented as a **3D probability cloud** around the nucleus, also known as an **orbital**.
The Schrödinger model asserts that electrons are now **three-dimensional waveforms** instead of particles and relates the wave to the electron's energy and position. As such, the position of each electron is represented as a **3D probability cloud** around the nucleus where the electron is **most likely** to be found, also known as an **orbital**.
### Orbitals
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<img src="/resources/images/orbital-energy.png" width=700>(Source: Kognity)</img>
### Electron configuration
### Orbital box diagrams
According to **Hund's rule**, atoms fill all orbitals in the same sublevel before pairing up, similar to *Monopoly* house-building rules.
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These diagrams must show that **energy increases** going up and that there are **spaces** for electrons in labelled orbital **sublevels**. Each electron is represented by an arrow.
By convention, electrons are ordered with the first pointing up and the other pointing down in the same orbital.
By convention, electrons are ordered with the first pointing up and the second pointing down in the same orbital. This is because the **Pauli exclusion principle** states that no two electrons have the same set of quantum numbers, so if one occupies an orbital with a clockwise spin (points up), the other must have an anti-clockwise spin (points down).
### Electron configuration
A **full** electron configuration of an element lists each of its orbital sublevels and the number of electrons in each sublevel, ordered in increasing energy.
<img src="/resources/images/full-electron-configuration.png" width=700>(Source: Kognity)</img>
!!! example
The full electron configuration for bromine ($Z=35$) is:
$$\text{1s}^2\text{ 2s}^2\text{ 2p}^6\text{ 3s}^2\text{ 3p}^6\text{ 4s}^2\text{ 3d}^{10}\text{ 4p}^5$$
A **condensed** electron configuration of an element replaces part of the full configuration with the closest noble gas with less electrons enclosed in square brackets.
!!! example
The condensed electron configuration of bromine is:
$$\text{[Ar] 4s}^2\text{ 3d}^{10}\text{ 4p}^5$$
### Quantum numbers
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The **principal** quantum number ($n$) is the **main energy level** of the electron.
The **angular momentum** quantum number ($l$) is the type of orbital the electron resides in, zero-indexed:
The **angular momentum** quantum number ($$) is the type of orbital the electron resides in, zero-indexed:
- $l=0$ means that the electron is in an *s*-orbital.
- $l=1$ means that the electron is in a *p*-orbital.
- $l=2$ means that the electron is in a *d*-orbital.
- $=0$ means that the electron is in an *s*-orbital.
- $=1$ means that the electron is in a *p*-orbital.
- $=2$ means that the electron is in a *d*-orbital.
The **magnetic** quantum number ($m_$) is contextualised by the angular momentum quantum number and identifies the specific orbital that the electron occupies in its sublevel. The centre orbital is $m_=0$ and is listed in ascending order.
!!! example
If $=1$, $m_=-2$ indicates that the electron is located in the first *p*-orbital of the sublevel and $m_=2$ indicates that it is located on the fifth and last *p*-orbital of the sublevel.
The **spin** quantum number ($m_s$) can either be $\frac{1}{2}$ or $-\frac{1}{2}$ and determines if the electron has a clockwise spin/is the first electron in its orbital or not, respectively.
## 3 - Periodicity