Electronic Configuration of Atoms

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Electronic Configuration of Atoms: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Rules for Filling Electrons, Pauli's Exclusion Principle, (n+l) Rule & Energy of a Sub-shell etc.

Important Questions on Electronic Configuration of Atoms

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In a given atom no two electrons can have the same values for all the four quantum numbers. This is called

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An ion has 18 electrons in the outermost shell is:

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If n = 6, the correct sequence for filling of electrons will be :

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Number of unpaired electrons in N2+ is

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Maximum number of electrons in a subshell of an atom is determined by the following :

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For which one of the following sets of four quantum numbers, an electron will have the highest energy?

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The order of filling of electrons in the orbitals of an atom will be

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Assertion : The 19th electron in potassium atom enters into 4s-orbital and not the 3d-orbital.

Reason : (n + l) rule is followed for determining the orbital of the lowest energy state.

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The ground state electronic configuration of the elements, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are as follows:
U  1s22s22p3
V   1s22s22p63s1
W  1s22s22p63s23p2
X1 s22 s22p63 s23p63 d54 s2
Y  1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p6
Determine which sequence of elements best fits the following statements
(i) element-forms a carbonate which is not decomposed by heating
(ii) element is most likely to form coloured ionic compounds
(iii) element is a mono atomic gas

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In the electronic configuration of which of the given elements, 'Aufbau principle' or n+l rule is violated?

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In any atom which sub-shell will have the highest energy in the following

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If the principal quantum number n=6, the correct sequence of filling of electrons will be:

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When 4f level is completely filled with electrons, the next electron will enter into the sub-shell whose (n+l) is equal to:

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The total number of electrons present in all the p-orbitals in the ground state of Se34 are

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What is the total number of unpaired electrons in one mole of 29Cu?

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The orbital diagram in which both the Pauli's exclusion principle and Hund's rule are violated is

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Which is the correct order of increasing energy of the listed orbitals in the atom of titanium?

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'The orbitals of equal energy (degenerate) are occupied with one electron each before the pairing of electron starts.' This is according to the:

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Which rule of filling of electrons states that every orbital in a sublevel is singly occupied before any orbital is doubly occupied, all the electrons in singly occupied orbitals have the same spin?

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Four electrons, each of mass me are in a one dimensional box of size L. Assume that, the electrons are non-interacting, obey the Pauli exclusion principle and are described by standing De Broglie waves confined within the box. Define α=h28meL2 and U0 to be the ground state energy. Then,