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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Electronic Bus
Something I found rather funny and cute from Sean's blog, his 30/10/07 entry.
In determining the electron configuration of a certain atom, 3 rules are applied:
1. The Aufbau Principle, states that we have to fill electrons starting from the lowest energy orbitals first...
2. Pauli Exclusion Principle, states that no 2 electrons can have the same set of quantum numbers, i.e. in a certain suborbital, one must spin up, and the other spin down...
3. Hund's Rule of Maximum Multiplicity, states that Spin Multiplicity is directly proportional to stability... i.e. it's better for electrons to have the same spin in different suborbitals than to have different spins in the same suborbital...
I find that this is very easily observable in a bus...
1. According to the Aufbau Principle, people who first come in usually move toward the back of the bus, and then to the middle, front, then standing...
2. According to the Pauli Exclusion Principle, usually a guy would prefer to sit with a girl, because they do not have the same set of quantum numbers...
3. According to Hund's Rule, people would prefer to sit alone and only if they don't have the opportunity to do so will they be forced to pair up with someone else on the bus...
~9:38 pm