Need some help understanding effective nuclear charge and energy! Can anyone exp
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Question
Need some help understanding effective nuclear charge and energy! Can anyone explain the following quesion
Q:Energy states of atoms containing more than one electron are influenced by nucleus-electron and electron-electron interactions. Which of the following statements correctly describes these effects?
Larger nuclear charge lowers energy, more electrons in an orbital increases energy.<---This is the answer but I don't know the reason behind it. Please explain!
Q:Energy states of atoms containing more than one electron are influenced by nucleus-electron and electron-electron interactions. Which of the following statements correctly describes these effects?
Explanation / Answer
More electrons means more energy due to electron-electron repulsion energy, and large nuclear charge reduces the energy due to electrons tend to be more "attached" and stabilized in the molecule.