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3 years ago

Explain the difference between plate tectonics and tectonic plates.

Chemistry

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Anarel [89]3 years ago

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Answer:

plate tectonics is a scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of Earth's lithosphere

tectonic plates are composed of oceanic lithosphere and thicker continental lithosphere, each topped by its own kind of crust

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Slav-nsk [51]3 years ago

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Plate tectonics...Plate comes first

Tectonic Plates... Tectonic comes first...

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ms (Spin quantum number): this number represents the possible rotation of the electron so it could be 1/2 (which is represented by an up arrow) or -1/2 (represented by an down arrow).

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This element has 68 electrons so following the Moeller's Diagram to fill the the electronic configuration, we found that the last electron of Erbium it is in the 4th level (shell), in the f sublevel. As Erbium has 12 electrons in the f sublevel, it is necessary to follow the Hund's rule (electrons must be placed singly in every sublevel before place a parallel electron) to placed correctly all of them. Finally, the last electron of Erbium stays in the middle of the sublevel and it is represented by a down arrow so the correct quantum numbers in the Erbium element are (4,3,1,-1/2).

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This element has 81 electrons and following the Moeller's Diagram, we found that it last electron it is in the 6th level, in the p sublevel. As Thallium has 1 electron in the p sublevel, it is placed singly in the sublevel. So the last electron of Thallium it is represented by an up arrow so the correct quantum numbers in the Thallium element are (6,1,-1,1/2).

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- Remember that the s sublevel has place for 2 electrons, the p sublevel has place for 6 electrons, the d sublevel has place for 10 electrons and the f sublevel has place for 14 electrons.

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