Great band name... I hope not the direction we're headed.
So, I was staring at the Periodic Table of Elements for about an hour (we'd been out of touch for so long) and I was wondering what is significant about, and responsible for, the number and ratio of each energy level's max number of electrons- 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 2, respectively?
Also, in the Rare Earth class, the 19th electron of the 4th energy level is skipped over in the Lanthanide series, and the 19th electron of the 5th energy level is skipped over in the Actinide series. Seeing as how the electrons are arranged fairly orderly (with the exception of the transition metals changing it up a little bit) I'm wondering about these mysterious electrons #19??
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