Chapter 1: Structure Determines Properties |
To test whether you know all that you need
to know you must try to answer
these questions before you look at the answers!
You may wish to refer to a periodic table
when answering the following questions.
Use the information given in the box below when answering the next three questions:
(a) [Ar] | (d) 1s22s22p63s23px23py1 |
(b) 1s22s22p63s1 | (e) 1s22s22p63s23px13py13pz1 |
(c) 1s22s22p63p1 |
1. Which of the electron
configurations above best describes the
ground state electron configuration of Cl-?
2. Which of the electron configurations above is possible for
the ground state of P?
3. Which of the electron configurations above describes an
excited
state of Mg+?
4. Is the following electron configuration consistent with Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity?
7. What is the orbital energy diagram that best describes the valence electron configuration of O?