What does shorthand notation mean?
1 Answer
Apr 26, 2017
It's when you get lazy and decide to write abbreviations for what you're actually meaning.
Some examples:
- Aluminum
#-># #"Al"# - "with respect to"
#-># #"w.r.t."# - Journal of Chemical Physics
#-># #"J. Chem. Phys."# - Chromium(III) cation
#-># #"Cr"^(3+)# , or#"Cr"("III")#
You could also mean noble gas shorthand electron configurations:
#stackrel(Ne)overbrace(color(red)(1s^2 2s^2 2p^6)) 3s^2 = color(red)([Ne])3s^2#
(magnesium configuration)
#stackrel(Ar)overbrace(color(red)(1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6)) 4s^1 3d^10 = color(red)([Ar])4s^1 3d^10#
(copper configuration)
etc.
