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Electron
Configurations
and Periodicity
Contents and Concepts
Electronic Structure of Atoms
In the previous chapter, you learned that we
characterize an atomic orbital by four quantum
numbers: n, l, ml, and ms. In the first section, we
look further at electron spin; then we discuss how
electrons are distributed among the possible orbitals
of an atom.
1. Electron Spin and the Pauli Exclusion Principle
2. Building-Up Principle and the Periodic Table
3. Writing Electron Configurations Using the
Periodic Table
4. Orbital Diagrams of Atoms; Hunds Rule
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Periodicity of the Elements
You learned how the periodic table can be
explained by the periodicity of the ground-state
configurations of the elements. Now we will look at
various aspects of the periodicity of the elements.
Br: [Ar]3d104s24p5
1s 2s 2p
1s 2s 2p
3s 3p
4s
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Which of the following electron
B2O3 is acidic.
Al2O3 and Ga2O3 are amphoteric
The Group IIIA oxides are basic.
SnO2 (white)
SiO2
(crystalline solid quartz)
R is arsenic, As.