Sentences with phrase «outer electron shells»

Just as an atom with a full outer electron shell is a peculiarly unreactive noble gas, an outer shell with the right number of protons and neutrons makes a nucleus magically stable.

The former difference inspires complex vibratory resonances within their molecules when they are struck in radiation - inducing collisions with other molecules, while the latter distinction, that is the «outer electron shell populations, configurations, & «quantum states & propensities,» etc.,» yield (or, should you prefer, «cause») all manner of wildly differing «quantum behaviors.»

Not exact matches

As an algae biologist I was initially struck by the cover graphic: a stained glass window made of diatoms, the tiny planktonic creatures whose exquisite outer shells are visible only through the electron microscope.

Fairly weak forces within and between these layers arise from cooperative motions of the electrons in the outer electronic shells of the diiodine molecules.

Or, that Lise Meitner (1934) was the first to describe how outer - shell electrons were ejected after gamma ray bombardment of an atom.

Using transmission electron microscopy imaging and powder X-ray diffraction to study the structural characteristics of the nanoparticles and Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopies to quantify lattice strain and photoluminescence behavior, the group found a correlation between the amount of tin in the core and how well the core's lattice matched that of the cadmium - sulfide outer shell.

Today, this behaviour is very well understood at the microscopic level: magnetism goes back to the angular momentum — the spin — of the electrons in the outer shell of the atoms that build up a solid state crystal.

Free radicals are unstable molecules (because of an unpaired electron in the outer shell) that can cause a domino - effect of damage to the cells.

The ions are silver atoms missing one electron in the outer shell and therefore are positive in charge.

Free radicals are unstable substances that have a single unpaired electron in the outer shell and are thought to contribute to certain chronic diseases.

Ions have a positive charge called ionic charge owing to the fact that one electron is missing from the outer shell.

Remember that while Carbon and Oxygen both need 8 outer shell electrons, Hydrogen only needs two.

In this case, the electrons will absorb the energy of the light wave and increase their energy state, often moving outward from the nucleus of the atom into an outer shell or orbital.