What is the electron configuration of #"Cr"^(2+)# ?
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Explanation:
Chromium and Copper are two special cases when it comes to their electron configurations- having only 1 electron in the
The reason for this is because this configuration minimizes electron repulsion. Half filled orbitals for
So the electron configuration for elemental Chromium is
And the electrons in the
So if we remove 2 electrons to form the
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