Mendeleev Table: a Proof of Madelung Rule and Atomic Tietz Potential

Eugene D. Belokolos

Symmetry, integrability and geometry: methods and applications, Tome 13 (2017)

Résumé

We prove that a neutral atom in mean-field approximation has ${\rm O}(4)$ symmetry and this fact explains the empirical $[n+l,n]$-rule or Madelung rule which describes effectively periods, structure and other properties of the Mendeleev table of chemical elements.

Détail

Keywords: Madelung rule; Mendeleev periodic system of elements; Tietz potential.

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