🧪 Atomic Structure – Short Notes for JEE
✅ 1. Subatomic Particles
Particle Charge Mass (kg)
Proton +1.6×10−19+1.6 \times 10^{-19}+1.6×10−19 C 1.67×10−271.67 \times 10^{-27}1.67×10−27
Neutron 0 1.67×10−271.67 \times 10^{-27}1.67×10−27
Electron −1.6×10−19-1.6 \times 10^{-19}−1.6×10−19 C 9.1×10−319.1 \times 10^{-31}9.1×10−31
✅ 2. Atomic Models
Thomson: Plum pudding model (disproved)
Rutherford:
o Dense nucleus, mostly empty space
o Couldn’t explain electron stability
Bohr’s Model:
o Quantized orbits
o Angular momentum:
mvr=nh2πmvr = \frac{nh}{2\pi}mvr=2πnh
✅ 3. Bohr’s Formulae
Radius of orbit:
rn=0.529×n2Z A˚r_n = 0.529 \times \frac{n^2}{Z} \, \text{Å}rn=0.529×Zn2A˚
Velocity of electron:
vn=2.18×106 Zn m/sv_n = \frac{2.18 \times 10^6 \, Z}{n} \, \text{m/s}vn=n2.18×106Zm/s
Energy of orbit:
En=−13.6⋅Z2n2 eVE_n = -13.6 \cdot \frac{Z^2}{n^2} \, \text{eV}En=−13.6⋅n2Z2eV
More negative = more stable
✅ 4. Energy of Photon
When electron jumps:
ΔE=hν=Ef−Ei\Delta E = h\nu = E_f - E_iΔE=hν=Ef−Ei
Ionization Energy = energy to remove electron from ground state (n=1 to n=∞)
✅ 5. Spectral Series (Hydrogen)
Series Transition (to n=) Region
Lyman 1 UV
Balmer 2 Visible
Paschen 3 Infrared
Brackett 4 Infrared
Pfund 5 Infrared
✅ 6. Rydberg Formula
1λ=RZ2(1n12−1n22),(n2>n1)\frac{1}{\lambda} = RZ^2 \left( \frac{1}{n_1^2} - \frac{1}{n_2^2} \right), \
quad (n_2 > n_1)λ1=RZ2(n121−n221),(n2>n1)
R=1.097×107 m−1R = 1.097 \times 10^7 \, \text{m}^{-1}R=1.097×107m−1
✅ 7. de Broglie Wavelength
λ=hmv\lambda = \frac{h}{mv}λ=mvh
Particles behave like waves (wave-particle duality)
✅ 8. Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Δx⋅Δp≥h4π\Delta x \cdot \Delta p \geq \frac{h}{4\pi}Δx⋅Δp≥4πh
Can’t know position and momentum both exactly
✅ 9. Quantum Numbers
Symbol Name Meaning
nnn Principal Shell number, energy level
lll Azimuthal Subshell (s = 0, p = 1, d = 2...)
mlm_lml Magnetic Orbital orientation
msm_sms Spin ±12\pm \frac{1}{2}±21
🌀 Total orbitals in shell nnn: n2n^2n2
🌀 Max electrons in shell nnn: 2n22n^22n2
✅ 10. Electronic Configuration
Aufbau: Lowest energy level filled first
Pauli Exclusion: No two electrons same set of quantum numbers
Hund’s Rule: Maximum unpaired electrons with same spin
✅ 11. Exceptions
Cr: [Ar] 3d⁵ 4s¹
Cu: [Ar] 3d¹⁰ 4s¹
(More stability from half/full-filled orbitals)