the wiki article gives #s for the sequence in which atomic orbitals are filled, but i want to know exactly how much energy is required for each orbital if anyone knows that information or if it even exists. thanks for any and all help
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Anonymous2008-02-19 18:58
The orbital energy of an electron in shell n is -13.6 (z/n)^2 eV where z is the number of protons in the nucleus.
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Anonymous2008-02-19 19:35
cool, thanks. but how do i distinguish between orbitals, like 4s vs 3d? how much energy would those have?