Draw the electron configuration diagram for carbon?
1 Answer
Each row on the periodic table introduces a new value for the principal quantum number
Recall that
#"Row 1:"# #1s#
#"Row 2:"# #2s, 2p#
#"Row 3:"# #. . .#
#"Row 4:"# #. . .#
Carbon has access to only
#color(white)([(color(black)(ul(uarr color(white)(darr)))),(color(black)(2p_x))]) color(white)([(color(black)(ul(uarr color(white)(darr)))),(color(black)(2p_y))]) color(white)([(color(black)(ul(color(white)(darr) color(white)(darr)))),(color(black)(2p_z))]) #
#color(white)([(color(black)(ul(uarr darr))),(color(black)(2s))])#
#" "#
#" "#
#color(white)([(color(black)(ul(uarr darr))),(color(black)(1s))])#
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