What is an Electron configuration?
Electron configuration is the distribution of electrons of an atom/molecule in their orbitals. There is up to four different orbitals: s (first orbital), p (second orbital), d (transition orbital), and f (inner-transition orbital). The orbitals are set up in a way of blocks on the periodic table. All of the electrons fill each orbital to it highest content. The order for all of the orbitals to be full would go in an order like this 1s, 2s,2p,3s, 3p, 4s, 3d, 4p, 5s, 4d, 5p, 6s, 4f, 5d, 6p, 7s, 5f, 6d,7s
In other words the electron configuration of an atom/molecule is the representation of the arrangement of electrons that are distributed among the orbital shells and sub-shells, Commonly the electron configuration is used to describe orbitals of an atom in its ground state but it can also be used to describe atom that has ionized into a cation or anion by compensating with the loss or gain of electrons in their subsequent orbitals , These orbitals are classified into different blocks ,For example S,P,D and F are all the orbitals blocks used when taking electron configurations ,In order to continue on to the next orbital the previous level must be full
In other words the electron configuration of an atom/molecule is the representation of the arrangement of electrons that are distributed among the orbital shells and sub-shells, Commonly the electron configuration is used to describe orbitals of an atom in its ground state but it can also be used to describe atom that has ionized into a cation or anion by compensating with the loss or gain of electrons in their subsequent orbitals , These orbitals are classified into different blocks ,For example S,P,D and F are all the orbitals blocks used when taking electron configurations ,In order to continue on to the next orbital the previous level must be full
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