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Chemistry Problem
Filed under School by Kim at 11:43 pm on Mar 03 2009
Question 25 bested me with semantics:
“List all the possible [emphasis mine] subshells of the 5th shell of an atom” with the options I couldn’t decide between being:
a) 5s 5p 5d 5f
b) 5s 5p 5d 5f 5g
So, does possible mean “hypothetical” in this context, or “actually possible”? And Jack pointed out that there were excitable electrons out that far that can jump to higher subshells, but I really, really, really don’t think the prof intended our class to know that.
Vote?
Also I need to figure out where I can pick up dinner fast when I get out of class at 10pm and know that there’s only like 2 Triscuits, soy sauce, birthday cake, moldy bread ends and beer in the house. Not that those things don’t make a completely acceptable dinner. Minus the moldy bread ends.
1 Angela @ Lost In Splendoron 05 Mar 2009 at 2:11 pm
Wow. I have a headache now. Haha. I failed idiot math so sadly I can’t help you.
As for dinner…Rotisserie chicken? KC and I get those a lot. Leftovers can be mixed with some lettuce for a fresh salad.
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