Unit 4 · Atoms, Spin & Identity
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Pauli Exclusion & the Periodic Table
Why atoms have shells, chemistry exists, and matter is solid
Quantum Academy · presented by Dr. Quincy Quantenstein
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Watch the lesson · Unit 4: Atoms, Spin & Identity
Pauli Exclusion & the Periodic Table
Why atoms have shells, chemistry exists, and matter is solid
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By the end you'll be able to
- State the Pauli exclusion principle precisely and explain why it limits every orbital to two electrons of opposite spin.
- Use 2 × (2l + 1) and 2n² to count subshell and shell capacities, and derive the row lengths of the periodic table.
- Write ground-state electron configurations up to krypton using the n + l filling order and Hund's rule, recognising chromium and copper as exceptions.
- Explain the behaviour of noble gases and alkali metals, and why sodium is so reactive, from valence electrons, shielding and ionization energies.
- Explain why exclusion, not 'full' atoms, makes matter rigid, and how degeneracy pressure holds up white dwarfs and neutron stars.