Representation of Electrons in Orbitals
Prolassor Licnrd Joscph, oi S;ur Iliepo Statc College, sends the accompanying photogmph. The article in THIS JOURNALby It. T . Ssnderson, 37, 2G2 (1960), prompted a freshman student in general chemistry, Mike Spritzer, to construct the teaching aid here pictured. The structure is made from standard Flexi-Frame components; orbitals are represented by Styrofoam balls. Colored paper strips help to differentiate prinoipal energy levels. The balls are impsled on nail8 held in heavy rubber tubing.
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