FOOD CHEMISTRY
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY
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Question
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An orbital is the space occupied by a pair of electrons.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Electrons have very little mass but occupy most of the space in an atom. We can think of the space occupied by an electron as a cloud or as a standing wave. This is called an orbital and the shape of the orbital can be calculated. Around every nucleus, their are shells of orbitals for the electrons.
Detailed explanation-2: -An orbital is always characterized by three quantum numbers. Those are: Principal quantum number (n), Azimuthal quantum number (l) and Magnetic quantum number (m).
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