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发表于 5-2-2006 09:19 AM
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Many elements, such as chromium has electronic states that are not at a
much higher state than the ground state. In the presence of other atoms
electrons are "promoted" to these low energy states favorably because the
energy gained in forming bonds exceeds the energy "cost" of "promoting" one
or more electrons. Carbon is the classic example: Its ground state
electronic configuration with its 6 electrons is: 1S2, 2S2, 2P.
From this one would "expect" carbon to have an oxidation state of 2, which
of course in seldom if ever does.
In the case of Cr the energy levels of its outer shell are: 3D5, 4S1 ( 0
cm^-1); 3d5, 4S1 (7593 cm^-1). This is due to the more stable anti parallel
and less stable parallel spin orientation of the S and D electrons.
The next energy level has a configuration 3D4, 4S2 which involves 4 sub
energy levels centered at about (8000 cm^-1). This results in a multitude of
possible bonding states accessible to Cr. You can find the energy levels of
a lot of atoms and ions at the NIST web site: http://physics.nist.gov Look for
energy levels of atoms on that home page. |
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