Electronic Configuration

of Elements
LECTURE # 2
ELECTRON CONFIGURATION
electronic configuration, also called electronic
structure or electron configuration, describes
the arrangement of electrons in orbitals/clouds
around an atomic nucleus.
 REMEMBER THIS!

Atomic Number= # of Protons= # of Electrons

Atomic Number of Oxygen= 8

# of Protons of Oxygen = 8
# of Electrons of Oxygen= 8
 REMEMBER THIS!

Atomic Number= # of Protons= # of Electrons

Atomic Number of Carbon= 6

# of Protons of Carbon = 6
# of Electrons of Carbon = 6
s= 2 p= 6 d= 10 f= 14
1s
Electron Configuration
2s 2p 1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 4s, 3d, 4p, 5s, 4d, 5p, 6s

3s 3p 3d
4s 4p 4d 4f
5s 5p 5d 5f
6s 6p 6d 6f
7s 7p 7d 7f Connect Head Arrow
to Tail Arrow
 Electron Configuration
1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 4s, 3d, 4p, 5s, 4d, 5p, 6s
3 Principles in Electron
Configuration
LECTURE # 3
states that before any two electrons occupy an
orbital in a subshell, other orbitals in the same
subshell must first each contain one electron.