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electron shell

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electron shell [i′lek‚trän ′shel]
(atomic physics)
The collection of all the electron states in an atom which have a given principal quantum number.
The collection of all the electron states in an atom which have a given principal quantum number and a given orbital angular momentum quantum number.


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It affects the electron shells of atoms without having any significant effects on their nuclei.
Spin networks are the quantum states of gravity, just as electron shells are the quantum states of the atom," Rovelli notes.
These values correspond to the amounts of energy required to remove bonding electrons from an atom's valence electron shells.
 
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