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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 phenomenon occurs due to the overlapping of electron probability distributions in different orbitals. The penetration of an orbital into the region occupied by core electrons affects the energy of an electron in that orbital in several ways: Show more…
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