Electronic Configuration Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- electron : a negatively charged subatomic particle occupying orbitals.
- orbital : a region of space that can hold a maximum of two electrons.
- radical : a species containing one or more unpaired electrons.
- shorthand : a shorter way of writing electron configuration using a noble gas core.
- subshell : a division of an electron shell containing one or more orbitals.
- cation : a positively charged ion formed when electrons are removed.
- noble gas : an element whose configuration can be used as the core in shorthand notation.
- configuration : the arrangement of electrons in an atom or ion.
- spin : a property of electrons; two electrons sharing an orbital have opposite forms of this.
- pairing : the placing of two electrons with opposite spins in the same orbital.
