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What is meant by the terms electron shell and electronic configuration ?

Important Questions on Electrons in Atoms

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Explain to another learner.
Why in terms of electronic configuration, the gases helium,neon and argon are relatively unreactive.
 
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Draw a labelled diagram to show the structure of a calcium atom.
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What prefixes do you know that can be placed before the basic unit and what is their relationship to the basic unit ? For example, a centimetre (cm) is one-hundredth of a metre (m). 
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Practise writing units in standard form,e.g g/cm3becomes g cm-3(the negative 3 shows that the cm3 is the divisor).Try changing the following into the standard form: 
mol/dm3
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Practice writing units in standard form,e.g g/cm3becomes g cm-3(the negative 3 shows that the cm3 is the divisor). Try changing the following into the standard form: 
KJ/mol
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Why must the inside of an electron microscope be at very low pressure so that there is hardly any air present ?
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Why must the specimens studied using an electron microscope have a dry surface ?
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Why might it be useful to be able to look at a substance in more detail ?