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The Electron
Electrons don't really exist as particles in an atom, but more as waves which move at different frequencies. Explore electron configurations through learning about their shells and orbitals and how this relates to the periodicity of the...
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Electron Configuration Example
What does an atom look like? The instructor in a tutorial video models how to use the periodic table to determine the number of subatomic particles. He then uses the number of electrons to create an orbital diagram. Finally, Groves...
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The Aufbau Hotel
A simple analogy helps to explain a complicated concept in this instructional chemistry video. After first listening to a description of a hotel with different types of rooms on different floors, each with its own...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Chemistry of Life: Electron Shells and Orbitals
A video lecture explaining the movement of the electrons around the nucleus in orbitals. Video describes the orbital's energy shell and shape. Also discussed is the connection of the location of the electrons to the periodic table. [13:37]
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Khan Academy: Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
A video showing the mathematical description of the uncertainty principle to associate it with the momentum of electrons to solve for the position of the electron. [10:17]
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Khan Academy: Orbitals
A video introducing orbitals and how electrons "get" to orbital levels. [13:37]
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Khan Academy: Structure and Bonding: Sp3 Hybridized Orbitals and Sigma Bonds
Learn that a sp3 hybridized orbital is a combination of s and p orbital in this video. Also see an example of when a hybridized orbital exist by looking at when carbon forms a sigma bond. [16:22]
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Khan Academy: More on Orbitals and Electron Configuration
An explanation of how an element's location on the Periodic Table can help identify electron configurations and orbitals. [14:30]
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Khan Academy: Noble Gas Configuration
An explanation of how to write electron configurations for other elements using the Noble gas configuration method. [6:47]
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Khan Academy: Electron Configurations 2
An explanation of identifying the electron configurations of the D-block elements. [10:18]
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Khan Academy: Electron Configurations for the First Period
An introduction to the aufbau and Pauli Exclusion principles and orbital notation. [6:22]
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Khan Academy: Electron Configurations for the Second Period
Introduction to Hund's rule. Shows quantum numbers for all second period elements. [12:12]
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Khan Academy: Electron Configurations for the Third and Fourth Periods
Noble gas notation is used to write the electron configurations of the elements in the third and fourth periods. [13:08]
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Khan Academy: Electron Configuration for D Block Elements
Introduction to rules for electron configurations of d-block elements. Relative reactivity and energy of 4s and 3d electrons also discussed.
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Khan Academy: Electron Configurations in the 3d Orbitals
A review of the electron configurations and orbital notations with a focus on K, Ca, and Sc. [12:33]
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Khan Academy: Electron Configurations for F Block Element Nd
An explanation of various aspects of the f-block element Nd that includes, location on Periodic table, electron configuration shorthand based on Xe, and the full electron configuration. [5:56]
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Khan Academy: Drawing Dot Structures
Introduction to drawing positions of electrons in Lewis Dot Structures. [14:42]
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Khan Academy: Sp3 Hybridization
Find out about sp3 hybrid orbitals and the properties of sigma bonds. [10:43]
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Khan Academy: Steric Number and Sp3 Hybridization
Find out how to use steric number to calculate the number of hybrid orbitals. [9:47]
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Khan Academy: Sp Hybridization
Watch this tutorial to learn about Sp hybrid orbitals and properties of triple bonds. [11:00]
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Khan Academy: Chemistry of Life: More on Orbitals and Electron Configuration
Learn the basics of electron configuration and how it is related to its placement in the periodic table and orbitals in this video. [14:30]
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Brightstorm: Atomic Orbitals
Video lesson provides a step-by-step explanation of atomic orbitals. [4:27]
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Khan Academy: Chemistry: Orbitals and Electron Configuration
A detailed look at orbitals and an introduction to electron configuration. [14:31]
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Khan Academy: Chemistry: Orbitals
A detailed discussion of the probability functions around the nuclei of atoms, otherwise known as orbitals. [13:37]