15 Questions
What is sp3 hybridization?
The mixing of one 2s orbital and three 2p orbitals to create four hybrid orbitals
How many p orbitals are involved in sp3 hybridization?
Three
What is the mathematical representation of sp3 hybrid orbitals?
0.5(ψ2s + ψ2px + ψ2py + ψ2pz)
What does the term 'sp3 hybridization' refer to?
The mixing character of 2s and 2p orbitals to create four hybrid orbitals
What is the total number of hybrid orbitals created through sp3 hybridization?
Four
Who first proposed the plum pudding model of the atom?
J. J. Thomson
What did the plum pudding model attempt to account for?
Presence of electrons and lack of net electric charge in atoms
What did J. J. Thomson call the negatively charged subatomic particles in the plum pudding model?
Corpuscles
What analogy did the plum pudding model use to describe the arrangement of charges in an atom?
Negatively charged 'plums' in a positively charged 'pudding'
What significant discovery had not yet been made at the time of J. J. Thomson's proposal of the plum pudding model?
Discovery of the atomic nucleus
What did J. J. Thomson's plum pudding model attempt to explain?
The presence of negatively charged electrons and the lack of net electric charge in atoms
What term did J. J. Thomson use to refer to the negatively charged subatomic particles in the plum pudding model?
Corpuscles
What did G. J. Stoney coin the name 'electrons' for in 1891?
The fundamental unit quantity of electricity
What analogy did the plum pudding model use to describe the arrangement of charges in an atom?
Negatively charged 'plums' embedded in a positively charged 'pudding'
What significant discovery had been made prior to J. J. Thomson's proposal of the plum pudding model?
The discovery of the electron
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