All the spaces there are all the possible locations for the electrons.
Close, but not quite - the spaces are the most likely locations for the electrons at any moment in time. There is always a small chance they’ve fucked off over the street for a nanosecond when you take your measurement.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No! I will not relive the horrors of that chemistry class again… you can’t make me. I am happily an aerospace engineer now where I don’t need this chemistry nonsense, or quamtum mechanics.
Technological_Elite@lemmy.one 5 months ago
Ah let’s see, of the top of my head…
1s² 2s² 2d⁶ 3s² 2p¹⁰ …
akakunai@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
lul
Technological_Elite@lemmy.one 5 months ago
LMAO
Holzkohlen@feddit.de 5 months ago
This I was fine with. But that fake make believe redox math? Like are all chemist bad at actual math, so they just came up with their own fake version?
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You’re a bad person…