I HAVE HAD A SURVEY COMPLETED FOR CAVITY WALL INSULATION AND THEY WANT TO KNOW DO I WANT THE STANDARD INSUALTION (GLASSFIBRE) OR DO I WANT CARBON BEADS WHICH IS ?100 MORE BUT MEANT TO BE 30% BETTER INSULATIONWHICH SHOULD I GO FOR WHICH IS BETTER VALUE FOR MONEY AND WHICH WILL SAVE ME THE MOST OVER A FEW YEARSOBVIOUSLY CARBON WOULD IF ALL THE HYPE IS TRUE BUT IS IT THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
Ok, so what you need to know first and foremost is how many electrons each of these elements haveSo i dont know if you know this but there are the same amounts of electrons as there are protons in an elementSo if you look at your periodic table you can figure out how many electrons TOTAL they each haveNow that we know how many electrons there are, We need to put them into their places Elements put their electrons into sub levels or groupsThere are s groups that can hold up to 2 electrons, there are p groups that can hold up to 6 and then even d groups that can hold up to 10 electronsThese groups fill up with electrons in ascending order in this fashion 1s2 (since its S it holds 2 electons), 2s2 (holds 2 electrons, so were up to 4)SO EXAMPLEELEMENT 4 Be's electron configuration would be 1s2 2s2 (the 2 at the end should be written squared i just cant type it.) So, after we fill our first 4 electrons into 1s2 and 2s2 where do we go? -we then start filling the 2p orbital (holds 6 electrons because its p) which is after the 2s2The 2p6 orbital will hold any electrons you couldn't into the 1s2 and 2s2 groups So in order, here are the groups 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 and thats far enough for right now So remembers orbitals groups can hold up to 2 electrons p orbitals can hold up to 6 electrons d orbitals can hold up to 10 electrons In order, you fill your first 2 electrons into 1s2 then 2s2 then 2p6 then 3s2 then 3p6 then 3d10 until you run out of total electronsTo get you started, here is Flourine (F) -We looked up on the periodic table that F is element 9 so it contains 9 electrons -the first two of those 9 go into 1s2 the next two go into 2s2 (4 total so far with 5 left) the five extra can fit into the p orbital because it holds UP TO 6 so the electron config of F would be 1s2 2s2 2p5 Hope I explained it well enough
carbon beads are best .im a builder in uk .i would not use fibreglass .causes too many problems .it absorbs moisture .can cause damp walls .go for the beads
