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s-orbital

physics
Also known as: s-state

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electron orbitals

  • crystal bonding
    In chemical bonding: Quantum numbers

    …orbital, which is called an s orbital; a p subshell (l = 1) consists of three orbitals, called p orbitals; and a d subshell (l = 2) consists of five orbitals, called d orbitals. The individual orbitals are labeled with the magnetic quantum number, ml, which can take the 2l…

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  • Figure 1: Unit cells for face-centred and body-centred cubic lattices.
    In crystal: Covalent bonds

    …n = 0 are called s-states, with n = 1 are p-states, and with n = 2 are d-states. Silver and copper ions have one valence electron outside their closed shells. The outermost filled shell is a d-state and affects the bonding. Eight binary crystals are formed from the copper…

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