Bohr Bury Scheme
Distribution of Electrons in Various Orbits
In 1921, Bohr and Bury gives some laws for distribution of electrons in various orbits, which are called as Bohr-Bury Scheme.
Rules of Bohr Bury scheme are as follows-
1. Maximum number of electron in any shell should be 2n2 , where n is serial number of shell.
2. Maximum number of electron that exist in outermost shell or orbit of
any atom is eight while maximum number is eighteen for penultimate
shell.
3. According to this law, it is not necessary that another shell is
formed after completion of 1st shell. A new shell is formed as number of
electrons reaches eight in any orbit or shell.
Valence Electrons and Valency
Outermost incomplete shell of any atom is known as Valence Shell and electron present in incomplete outermost shell are known as Valence Electrons , which participate in formation of bond.
- If atoms have 1 to 4 valence electrons then VALENCY = Number of valence electron
- If atoms have 5 to 8 valence electrons then VALENCY = 8 - Number of valence electron
- But these above rule is not applicable to atoms which show variable valency