Bohr-Rutherford Diagrams show the numbers and locations of protons, neutrons and electrons in an atom.
How to draw a Bohr-Rutherford Diagram?
- Draw a nucleus –write the number of protons and neutrons inside the nucleus
- Draw orbitals around the nucleus
- Represent electrons as pairs of dots in the orbitals
- Draw electrons as dots on the rings that represent the energy levels.
- Each ring has a maximum number of electrons that it can hold.
- Using S, P, D, F to represent different orbitals, S can hold 2 electrons, P can hold 3 pairs, or 6 electrons, D can hold 5 pairs, or 10 electrons, and F can hold 7 pairs, or 14 electrons.
- The order the electrons fill the orbitals are: 1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 4s, 3d, 4p, 5s, 4d, 5p, 6s, 4f, 5d, 6p, 7s, 5f, 6d, 7p, etc.
- Therefore, in Bohr-Rutherford Diagram, first (inner) ring can only hold 2 electrons (1s), the second ring can hold 8 (2s+2p), the third ring can hold 18 (3s+3p+ed) and the fourth ring can hold 32 (4s+4p+4d+4f), etc.
To see the Bohr-Rutherford Diagram of each and very element in the periodic table, use this URL: http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/te.html and replace "te" with the symbol of the element you want to check.