The allegory not only draws on the theory of forms, but it is connected both to the concept of forms and Plato's theory of the stages of life. 1  At the lowest stage, the cognitive stage of imagination (in Greek, eikasia), the prisoners exist bound and hindered in their perspective.
Since any orbital can hold a maximum of two electrons, the bonding orbital in H 2 + is only half-full. This single electron is nevertheless enough to lower the potential energy of one mole of hydrogen nuclei pairs by 270 kJ quite enough to make them stick together and behave like a distinct molecular species.
If you take chemistry, you will learn about electrons. Electrons are the smallest of the particles that make up an atom, and they carry a negative charge. The number of protons and electrons is equal in each atom. The hydrogen atom, for example, has just one electron and one proton. The uranium atom, on the other hand, has 92 protons, and therefore, 92 electrons. The atom's atomic number is the number of protons in the atom, which by default is also the number of electrons. An electron is so small that it cannot be seen with the naked eye, but neither can the atom itself.