Quantum numbers aren’t just fun to chant out loud. Orbitals and subshells create the very shape of the modern periodic table. Not only will this lesson give you a...
Playlist - S12: Periodic Trends
No need to memorize every elements’ properties. With some simple trends, you’ll be able to predict them!
All hail RADIUS! If you want to understand why an atom does what it does, take a look at those outermost electrons (a.k.a. the valence electrons). You can look at how...
Ionization energy is how difficult it is to remove an electron from an atom or an ion. Once you understand the radius trends, ionization energy isn’t that tough to...
So how do you tell how much an atom or ion wants an electron? It’s called affinity. It’s not that dissimilar to ionization energy, but in this case we are...