1) Give the complete set of quantum numbers for all of the electrons that could populate the 2p subshell of an atom2) Ionization Energy tends to increase from left to right on the periodic tableThere are two exceptions: Aluminum and SulfurExplain them using Quantum TheoryAny help is greatly appreciatedThis is grade 12 U Chem, if it matters.
1) You can just google quantum numbers; 2) Aluminum has one electron in a 3p orbital and Sulfur has 4 electrons in the 3p orbitals; The ionization energy of Al is smaller than that of Mg (directly to the left of Al) because the electrons in Mg exactly satisfy the 3s orbitalAl, on the other hand, has one lone electron in 3p, which is very easy to remove to create a stable cation (this is why Aluminum has a natural +1 charge)This is caused by shielding, where the attractive, positive force (effective charge - I think that's what its called) of the nucleus is blocked out by the other shells and has little force on a single electronSulfur has 4 electrons out of a possible 6 electrons in 3 3p orbitalsFrom Hund's rule, we know that electrons will align their spin one by one in each orbital before adding the second electron onto any orbital, so Sulfur will have one orbital filled (2 electrons) and two others with lone electronsElectrons don't like being paired up (this is certainly alluded to in Hund's rule), so it is very easy to remove one electron from sulfur so that each of the 3 3p orbitals has only one electron.
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