Quantum Mechanical Model
Quantum Mechanical Model
Quantum Mechanical Model
MECHANICA
L MODEL
Delving into atomic architecture
At the end of the lesson, the student will be able to:
OBJECTIVES
mechanical model, including its key
LEARNING
components such as the electron cloud, energy
levels, and quantum numbers.
He discovered that:
• Electrons move around the nucleus in a ‘cloud’ not
‘orbits’.
• Orbital helps us predict the area where we can find
electrons
• The close the position to the nucleus the higher the
chance to find electrons.
WERNER KARL
HEISENBERG
Discovered that for every small particle like the electron,
its location cannot be exactly known and how its moving.
This is called UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE.
ATOMIC ORBITALS
Three-dimensional regions where electrons are most
likely to be found in an atom.
ELECTRON
Negatively charged subatomic
particle orbiting the nucleus.
remember
As the number of electrons increases in
an atom, the orbital numbers will also
increases to accommodate the number of
electrons present in the situation.
Quantum numbers
• It determines the location and arrangement
of electrons in an atom.
• It also describes the different atomic
orbitals
Quantum numbers
1. PRINCIPAL QUANTUM NUMBERS (n)
Energy Level
• Refers to the energy level
of an electrons
• Denoted with symbol (n)
• Has a value of any
positive integer
1. n= 1, l= 1, = 0, +
2. n= 2, l= 1, = 1, +
3. n= 0, l= 1, = -1, -
Try
In each set of quantum numbers identify the invalid part. You
need to justify what makes it invalid.