ELECTRONIC

CONFIGURATION
 The electron configuration of an
element describes how electrons are
distributed in its atomic orbitals.
 Electron configurations of atoms
follow a standard notation in which
all electron-containing atomic
subshells (with the number of
electrons they hold written in
superscript) are placed in a
sequence.
1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 4s, 3d, 4p, 5s, 4d, 5p, 6s, 4f, 5d, 6p, 7s, 5f

An energy level represents the 3-dimensional space

surrounding the nucleus where electrons are most
likely to be. The first energy level is closest to the
nucleus. The second energy level is a little farther
away than the first. The third is a little farther away
than the second, and so on.
Within the shells, electrons are further grouped into
subshells of four different types, identified as s, p, d,
and f in order of increasing energy.
The first shell has only an s subshell; the second shell
has an s and a p subshell; the third shell has s, p, and
d subshells, and the fourth has s, p, d and f subshells.
REMEMBER:
 s subshell has 1 orbital that can hold 2 electrons.
 p subshell has 3 orbitals that can hold up to 6 electrons
 d subshell has 5 orbitals that can hold up to 10 electrons
 f subshell has 7 orbitals that can hold up to 14 electrons
  1s22s22p2 = 6-e
Carbon

Remember
 Atomic number= number of
protons
 Number of protons= number of
electrons ( if no charge)
 1 2 3 4
s p d f
2 6 10 14
LET’S TRY
an ion is an electrically charged particle produced by
either removing electrons from a neutral atom to give
a positive ion or adding electrons to a neutral atom to
give a negative ion. 
When an atom loses or gains an electron, ions are
formed.
If an atom loses electron it forms positive charge and if
gains electron it forms negative charge. An atom which
carries charge on it is known as ion.
An anion may be defined as an atom or molecule that
is negatively charged. 
A cation may be defined as an atom or molecule that is
positively charged.
 an ion is an electrically charged particle produced by either removing electrons from
a neutral atom to give a positive ion or adding electrons to a neutral atom to give a
negative ion. 
 When an atom loses or gains an electron, ions are formed.
 If an atom loses electron it forms positive charge and if gains electron it forms
negative charge. An atom which carries charge on it is known as ion.
 An anion may be defined as an atom or molecule that is negatively charged. 
 A cation may be defined as an atom or molecule that is positively charged.
One other note on writing electron configurations: A
short cut. When writing some of the lower table
configurations the total configuration can be fairly
long. In these cases, you can use the previous noble
gas to abbreviate the configuration as shown below.
You just have to finish the configuration from where
the noble gas leaves it:
WRITE THE UNABBREVIATED ELECTRON
CONFIGURATIONS OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS:
1. SODIUM
2. IRON
3. BROMINE
4. BARIUM

WRITE THE ABBREVIATED ELECTRON CONFIGURATIONS

OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS:
5. COBALT
6. TELLURIUM
7. RADIUM
8. LAWRENCIUM