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AngelShare:
I have a periodic table that was given to me by a tutor I once had but since getting it, the notes I wrote down have faded. I decided to white out what faded and rewrite it but I covered something I'm not sure of now.

First of all, is there a "q" orbital? I'm thinking the answer is no but upon thinking about what I had written down, I've realized I either a) wrote my p very sloppily or b) wrote my q really sloppily. :nosweat:

Secondly, if there is a q orbital, does it start where Xenon is?

Mitch:
There are hypothetical orbitals called q. But, not a single element will occupy them in their ground state electron configuration.

jdurg:
Me thinks you just wrote a very sloppy 'p'.  (BTW, Xenon finishes filling up the 5p orbital).

AngelShare:

--- Quote from: Mitch on October 19, 2005, 09:20:40 PM ---There are hypothetical orbitals called q. But, not a single element will occupy them in their ground state electron configuration.

--- End quote ---

I didn't mean that; see, what I am/was trying to do is label each line. I have 1s beside H, 2s beside Li, etc. I'm on the right side and, so far, I have 1s beside He, 2p beside Ne, etc. BUT once I got to Xe, I wasn't sure what I had down. :)

Mitch:
I t would be p

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