Electronic Configuration

Question 1

How many energy levels do u have to know about?

Answer 1

Up to 4

Question 2

How many electrons can the 1st energy level hold?

Answer 2

2

Question 3

How many can the 2nd energy level hold?

Answer 3

8

Question 4

How many can the 3rd energy level hold?

Answer 4

18

Question 5

How many can the 4th energy level hold?

Answer 5

24

Question 6

What are the 4 sublevels

Answer 6

S,P,D and F

Question 7

How many electrons can an s orbital hold?

Answer 7

2

Question 8

How many electrons can a P subshell hold?

Answer 8

6

Question 9

How many electrons can a D subshell hold?

Answer 9

10

Question 10

How many electrons can a F subshell hold?

Answer 10

14

Question 11

What order do you write the electronic configuration in?

Answer 11

In order of shells NOT filling

Question 12

Define orbital

Answer 12

The region of space around the nucleus that can hold up to 2 electrons with opposite spins

Question 13

What sub shell comes out of order?

Answer 13

The 4s subshell fills before the 3d sub shell (same with 5s & 4d)

Question 14

Why does 4s fill before 3d?

Answer 14

Because it has a lower energy level

Question 15

What 2 elements are the exception for the way of filling?

Answer 15

Chromium and copper

Question 16

how are spin diagrams draw?

Answer 16

half arrows pointing at opposite directions

Question 17

how are the arrows ordered in spin diagrams

Answer 17

first each box gets filled with the first half arrow pointing up and then after all the boxes have one, the second one is placed in the opposite direction (use bus analogy)

Question 18

how is the electronic configuration arranged for ions

Answer 18

the electrons are taken from the 4s not 3d, of the atom