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Atomic number and Orbitals
1. Does the amount of protons define the atom? The other subatomic elements just seem to distort the properties on a much smaller scale: electrons seem to only change the charge, and neutrons the stability.
Basically I just need the atomic number to define an atom, right?
2. In the following image, the red circle in A contains what is defined as being an orbital, and B a subshell, right?
http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/1310/orbitalspi1.png
Thanks in advance.
1. Does the amount of protons define the atom? The other subatomic elements just seem to distort the properties on a much smaller scale: electrons seem to only change the charge, and neutrons the stability.
Basically I just need the atomic number to define an atom, right?
2. In the following image, the red circle in A contains what is defined as being an orbital, and B a subshell, right?
http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/1310/orbitalspi1.png
Thanks in advance.
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