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The Forum: Demystifying Introductory Chemistry
Electron Configurations from Experiment
Ronald J. Gillespie
Department of Chemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada

James N. Spencer and Richard S. Moog
Department of Chemistry, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003

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July 1996
Vol. 73 No. 7
p. 617
Abstract
Alternative methods of introducing students to atomic energy levels and electron configurations are presented based on experimental evidence rather than quantum mechanics. A shell model of atomic structure can be developed from the periodic table, and from first ionization energies of the atoms. This model can then be elaborated through the use of photoelectron spectroscopy to obtain electron configurations. The development of these ideas from experimental results provides an example of the method of scientific inquiry, and also a simpler and less mysterious introduction to these concepts.

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 Ronald J. Gillespie, James N. Spencer, and Richard S. Moog. J. Chem. Educ. 1996 73 617.
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