Match the following species with their corresponding ground state electronic configuration.
Atom/Ion | Electronic configuration |
A. Cu | 1. |
B. Cu2+ | 2. |
C. Zn2+ | 3. |
D. Cr3+ | 4. |
5. |
A | B | C | D | |
1. | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
2. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
3. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
4. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
An electronic configuration representing an atom in the excited state is:
Match the ensuing rules with the corresponding statements:
Rules | Statements |
A. Hund’s Rule | 1. No two electrons in an atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers. |
B. Aufbau Principle | 2. Half-filled and completely filled orbitals have extra stability. |
C. Pauli's Exclusion Principle | 3. Pairing of electrons in the orbitals belonging to the same subshell does not take place until each orbital is singly occupied. |
D. Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle | 4. It is impossible to determine the exact position and exact momentum of a subatomic particle simultaneously. |
5. In the ground state of atoms, orbitals are filled in the order of their increasing energies. |
A | B | C | D | |
1. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
2. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
3. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
4. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
If the electronic structure of oxygen atom is written as it would violate:
1. Hund's rule.
2. Paulis exclusion principle.
3. Both Hund's and Pauli's principles.
4. None of the above.