ions

Writing Electron Config urat

in ene rgy sublev els is:
Th e fill ing ord er for ele ctr ons
u , 2.!,21) , &, 3p , 4s, 8d, 4p ,~, 4d.
5p, 6s, .r. 5d, 6p, 1s, &f. 6d, 1p
con tai ns
ital ; eac h p con tai ns 3; each d
F.a ch s sub lev el con tain s I orb ele ctr ons .
orb ital can con tai n at mo st 2
5; and ell dtf con tai ns 7. Each ctrons
be wr itte n ou t by usign1ng ele
An ele ct.r on con fig ura tio n can ctr ons as-
the sub lev els in the ord er listed, unt il the num ber of ele
t.o
er (N ) of the ato m.
sig ned equa.l1 the ato mi c nu mb

Examples
of these elements.
Determine t.he con figu rat ion s \
Be tyl liu m (N = 4) Is22.r
1
Alu mi num (N - 13) 1.r2.r2p63.s23p
10
ls2 2.r 2p6 ~3 p 4.r 3d 4p6
8
Bromine (N =
3.5)

8. Dy spr osi um (N == 66)

9. Radium (N = 88)

10. Fenn ium (N - 100)

 Princ ipal Energ y Type( s) of Suble vel Numb er of Orbit als Maxim um Numb er
Level of Elect rons
\ 2
·----- - ·:>. ---- ·-··- -·--- - ·- - -- - - - <- .. _ _ __ __ ,
type orbital electrons
<::, \
.. . --- -
~ -3._ , _ -
types orbitals electr ons
Level 2 totals:
\ 1.
s ·-· - -·- - -- - -- - -
~
.s -·
to-- · - ---
- ·- ·
s
-
. -.
- __lv____ - -
6 . --·
electrons
Level 3 totals: types orbitals
\ 1-
.s - ·-- - - - - - ·- -- - - - - 1

~~ . t ~-- -~ ~--_-_=\-~~t)==~----_·-, \L\

·- -· · ; - - - . - · - - . - -~ 7_ .._ _ __ _ -- ------1
electrons
-- - - - - .- r
types orbitals .
Level 4 totals:

- - _ _ __.3\______ ~- -2.
> -----1
--.. - .--· . ·- -- - -- - -- -· . . (~

- - -.. .··· -..---·

-· -- ___
-
----· -
____
--Yu
___.c~
-----
- -
- · ·- . - -- 5- - - 1 ~ -- \b
- .. __ _ __.__ _ _- 1 - _ - ~~----'"

.f 7 l'-\
·-- - C\ - · - --
-- Q. \Q
- .. ... .. .. --- - - .
-- Level 5 totals:- · - ty'pes orbitals electrons

• •

I Summary of LeveJ n
I • •

n types n2
... ·-.
orbitals 2n2 electrons
,
(n = 1, 2, 3, ...) (s, p' d, f, gl . . .)
totals: