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Questions Related to periodicity

The $Z _{effective}$ for $He$ is?

  1. 2

  2. 1.7

  3. 1.85

  4. 1.65


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The effective nuclear charge experienced by a 1s electron in helium is +1.70.

The effective nuclear charge $Z _{eff}$ is the net positive charge experienced by an electron in a multi-electron atom.

A given electron does not experience a full nuclear charge because the other electrons are sometimes between it and the nucleus and shield it from the nucleus.

The formula for effective nuclear charge is-

$Z _{eff}=Z-S$

where, 
is the number of protons in the nucleus, and S is the shielding constant, the average number of electrons between the nucleus and the electron in question.
The American physicist John Slater derived a number of rules to determine the shielding constant.

He found that for electrons in a 1s orbital, the second electron shields the first by 0.30 units.

$Z _{eff}=Z-S=2- 0.30-1.70$

Hence, the correct option is B.


The screening effect of 'd' electrons is : 

  1. much more than s-electrons

  2. equal to s-electrons

  3. equal to p-electrons

  4. much less than s-electrons


Correct Option: D