Chapter 1: Structure Determines Properties

Answers to the Questions: Electron Configurations

Electron Configurations

Use the information given in the box below when answering the next three questions:
 

1.  Which of the electron configurations above best describes the ground state electron configuration of Cl^-? (a)
2.  Which of the electron configurations above is possible for the ground state of P?  (e)
3.  Which of the electron configurations above describes an excited state of Mg⁺? (c)

4.  Is the following electron configuration consistent with Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity?

Yes, all electrons unpaired before pairing

No, two electrons in a p orbital have the same four quantum numbers

Did you draw the core or did you draw the valence electron configuration by mistake ?

Did you draw the valence or did you draw the core electron configuration by mistake ?