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Originally Posted by Wormius
Yeah, I hear you. What helps me is this thinking of Bohr’s model of the atom. Some traffic circles are like an atom with two orbital levels for electrons to inhabit, they’re closer to fuzzy clouds, but imagine them as distinct levels (lanes) instead. The electrons (cars) can move (change lanes) between these two levels (lanes) but the question is, should they and does it really matter to the other electrons (cars)?
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It does matter to the other cars/electrons. If I'm driving in an s orbital and someone else is driving in a p orbital we don't just form an sp hybrid...