The following shapes each represent an orbital of an atom in a hypothetical universe. The small circle

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The following shapes each represent an orbital of an atom in a hypothetical universe. The small circle is the location of the nucleus in each orbital.
The following shapes each represent an orbital of an atom

a. If you placed an electron in each orbital, which one would be higher in energy?
b. When an electron makes a transition from the orbital represented on the right to the orbital on the left, would you expect energy to be absorbed or released?
c. Draw a sketch of an orbital of the same type that would be higher in energy than either of the two pictured orbitals.

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General Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1439043998

9th edition

Authors: Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon

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