Understanding Electronic Configuration

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Electronic Configuration

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Distribution of electrons in an atom's orbitals

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Aufbau Principle

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Electrons fill orbitals from lowest to highest energy

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Pauli Exclusion Principle

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No two electrons can have identical quantum numbers

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Hund's Rule

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Electrons fill degenerate orbitals singly first

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Orbital Notation

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Diagrammatic representation of electron configuration

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1s^2

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Helium's electron configuration

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2p^6

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Neon completes its second shell

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3d^{10}

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Full d subshell, found in zinc

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Valence Electrons

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Electrons in the outermost shell

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Noble Gas Configuration

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Shortcut using nearest noble gas