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Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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Define the terms orbital and electronshell. Relate electron shells to principal energy levels.

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Energy levels (also called electrons shells) are fixed distances from the nucleus of an atom where electrons may be found. Electrons are tiny, negatively charged particles in an atom that move around the positive nucleus at the center.

An orbital is a volume of space within an atom where an electron is most likely to be found.

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