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We think of an atom like this. Having electron shells at equal distances apart

We think of an atom like this. Having electron shells at equal distances apart. If it was like this then surely the lines in the spectra would be equally spread out. The line emission spectra tells us something different.

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We think of an atom like this. Having electron shells at equal distances apart

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  1. We think of an atom like this. Having electron shells at equal distances apart If it was like this then surely the lines in the spectra would be equally spread out.

  2. The line emission spectra tells us something different. The red is of lower energy so would represent the electron shell nearest the nucleus Rotate the spectra Each new line represents a new electron shell. As you move away from the nucleus they get closer together.

  3. So the electron shells must look more like this

  4. We can change the diagram to make it easier to see what is going on in the atom We only need to look at one section of the atom:

  5. We can change the diagram to make it easier to see what is going on in the atom We only need to look at one section of the atom: From here, we extend the curves into straight lines. This gives us a chart called an energy level diagram:

  6. 5th electron shell 4th electron shell 3rd electron shell 2nd electron shell 1st electron shell

  7. 5th electron shell 4th electron shell 3rd electron shell 2nd electron shell 1st electron shell

  8. Energy etc n=4 n=3 We call these diagrams energy level diagrams and each electron shell is now called ‘The Principle Quantum Number, n’ 5th electron shell n=2 4th electron shell 3rd electron shell 2nd electron shell n=1 1st electron shell

  9. Energy 32e 18e At GCSE you only filled the first 2 electron shells: 2.8. But if you keep filling they can hold more electrons (because they are bigger). We will look at this in more detail later. 5th electron shell 8e 4th electron shell 3rd electron shell 2nd electron shell 2e 1st electron shell To work out the number of electrons = 2n2

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