What is the last sublevel filled for carbon?

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qin
Apr 29, 2017

2s subshell

Explanation:

Carbon has 6 electrons. The electronic configuration of carbon is 1s2−2s2−2p2. This is assuming the carbon atom is unhybridised.

Since the 2p subshell still lacks 4 electrons to be fully filled, the last filled subshell would be the 2s subshell.

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