Question

Describe the energy levels in the quantum mechanical model of the atom. How does the spacing change as the energy levels get further from the nucleus?

Answer 1

Explanation:

In the quantum-mechanical model of an atom, electrons in the same atom that have the same principal quantum number (n) or principal energy level are said to occupy an electron shell of the atom. Orbitals define regions in space where you are likely to find electrons.

Answer 2

In the quantum-mechanical model of an atom, electrons in the same atom that have the same principal quantum number (n) or principle energy level are said to occupy an electron shell of the atom.

Explanation:

• A quantum mechanical system or particle that is bound, confined spatially, can take on certain discrete values of energy, called energy levels.
• This contrasts with classical particles, which can have any amount of energy.
• Quantum mechanics is the study of the motion of objects that are atomic or subatomic in size and thus demonstrate wave-particle duality.
• The quantum mechanical model of the atom uses complex shapes of orbitals, volumes of space in which there is likely to be an electron.
• The energy levels of an atom extend infinitely out from the nucleus and the energy levels are not evenly spaced.
• As the distance from the nucleus increases, the levels get closer together and contain more-energetic electrons.