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Figure 14: Nuclear shells. The spectroscopic designation includes the quantum number j, which is a half integer. The degeneracy of the shells and the cumulative number of particles contained are listed on the right. Especially stable nuclei are found at the magic numbers, shown in circles.

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chemical bonding
Shapes of atomic orbitals
(This so-called degeneracy, the possession of the same energy by different wave functions, is also associated with the coincidental numerical agreement of Bohr’s model with experiment.) As soon as a second electron is present, however, the degeneracy is lost.
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(This so-called degeneracy, the possession of the same energy by different wave functions, is also associated with the coincidental numerical agreement of Bohr’s model with experiment.) As soon as a second electron is present, however, the degeneracy is lost.
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transition metal
Orbital splitting patterns
…energy and are called triply degenerate. It is not particularly obvious from a pictorial argument, but mathematical analysis shows that each of the other two orbitals, d_z² and d_{x²⁻ y²}, causes the electron to experience the same amount of electrostatic repulsion from the surrounding charges; they are described as doubly…
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…energy and are called triply degenerate. It is not particularly obvious from a pictorial argument, but mathematical analysis shows that each of the other two orbitals, d_z² and d_{x²⁻ y²}, causes the electron to experience the same amount of electrostatic repulsion from the surrounding charges; they are described as doubly…
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