example of electronic configuration

Electron configuration - In atomic physics and quantum chemistry, electron configuration is the arrangement of electrons of an atom, a molecule, or other physical structure. It concerns the way electrons can be distributed in the orbitals of the given system ( atomic or molecular for instance). Like other elementary..

Electron configuration - In atomic physics and quantum chemistry, electron configuration is the arrangement of electron s of an atom, a molecule, or other physical structure. It concerns the way electrons can be distributed in the orbitals of the given system ( atomic or molecular for instance). Like..

Electron configuration - In atomic physics and quantum chemistry, the electron configuration is the arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure (e.g., a crystal). See also: Matter & Energy Physics Quantum Physics Materials Science Quantum Computing Electricity Inorganic Chemistry Like other elementary particles, the electron is subject to the laws of quantum mechanics, and exhibits both particle-like and wave-like nature. Formally, the quantum state of a particular electron is defined by its wavefunction, a complex-valued function of space and time. According to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, the position of a particular electron is not well defined until an act of measurement causes it to be detected. The probability that the act of measurement will detect the electron at a particular point in space is proportional to the square of the absolute value of the wavefunction at that point. Electrons are able to move from one energy level to another by emission or....

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Question : Can someone please explain to me how to do electron configuration? and do the EC for these: Sulfur Ruthenium Cesium Iodine Mercury and name the elements for 1s^2 2s^2 2p^1 1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 4s^2 1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 4s^2 3d^10 4p^2

Answer : Find out the number of shells these guys have. Let's do sulfur. Its atomic no. is 16. Configuration is 2.8.6 (=16). In your case, its 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p4. See that in 2.8.6, you have 3 shells so in your EC, you'd have numbers up to 3. s-shell can have a max of 2e, p=6e, d=10e. With that, do the rest. Next part, ask yourself how many shells are there. 1s2 2s2 2p1 means it has two shells (i.e. anything less than 10 in the periodic table since if you have two shells, it's in the second period with max 10 electrons). First shell =2, second shell =3. Total = 5. So it's boron. I'm sure you'd learn that in school. Anyway, make mistakes and learn from it alright?

Question : The computer writes electron configurations in the form, for Fe for example, [Ar]4s(2)3d(6) which we would write [Ar]4s23d6 Using the computer format give the electron configuration for Cu2+ Do NOT include empty orbitals !!

Answer : [Ar]3d(9)