Atomic structure Definition and 55 Threads

Hi everyone I missed some content in my lecture about atomic structure of atoms. In the lecture, the lecturer talked something about "slipping" , "easy directions" and "slip systems"...I don't really catch these stuff in this lecture. But I could find these in textbook. What makes me most...

I need a plain & simple explanation of atomic structure. For example, if I was to consider the n = 6 shell, what would be the largest angular momentum quantum number and how many electrons can be put in this shell? Thanks for your insight!

ive recently been reading about the string theory and of course learned that it is attempting to unify the forces. for a while now i have had an idea that its unlikely that matter could actually have multiple quantum forces and by eliminating two potentially unnessecary forces (weak and...

dear reader, why are the protons embeded with the nutrons? does nutron get atrracted to protons?

Hello people, If a four year old were to ask you "what is an atom?"... what would be a good way to answer the question, keeping in mind your audience.