00:03
Okay, the energy of an electron in an orbital is quantized.
00:06
Well, first, let's just talk about what that means before we describe it in layman's terms.
00:10
That means the energy of an electron in an orbital is proportional to n squared, where n is an integer ranging from 1 to 2 to 3 dot dot to infinity.
00:27
Point being, the energy can't be at a level between 1 and 2.
00:32
Right there's energy level one there's energy level two there's energy level three but all this space in between here this is on a scale of energy is not available to an electron contrast this with the energy of say a car that's moving right and there's the velocity and the energy is proportional to the velocity squared but the velocity can be any value from negative infinity to positive infinity, but it's not restricted to be an integer.
01:14
Right? so the energy just follows this parabolic curve, and there aren't discrete levels like we get here with nothing in between.
01:24
All possible values of energy can be reached by just changing the velocity...