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Electron configuration: the Aufbau principle — Homework
Write the full electron configuration for each element, and check that the superscripts sum to the atomic number.
- 1.Write the electron configuration for carbon (atomic number 6).
- 2.Write the electron configuration for aluminum (atomic number 13).
- 3.Write the electron configuration for zinc (atomic number 30).
- 4.What is the maximum number of electrons a 3p sublevel can hold, and why?
- 5.Why does the Aufbau order fill 4s before 3d instead of following the plain number order 3s, 3p, 3d, 4s?
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