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What is penetration? How does the penetration of an orbital into the region occupied by core electrons affect the energy of an electron in that orbital?
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This can be represented as follows: if we have a nucleus, and a 1s orbital represented by a red circle around it, we can have a larger sphere around this representing the 2s orbital. There is a probability that electrons in the 2s orbital will penetrate inside the Show more…
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