Gadolinium (Gd) has a 4f75d16s2 electronic configuration outside the [Xe] core. Find the spin only magnetic moment of Gd3+.
The electronic configuration of gadolinium (Atomic number 64) is (a) [Xe]4f35d56s2 (b) [Xe]4f75d26s1 (c) [Xe]4f75d16s2 (d) [Xe]4f85d66s2
Use Hund’s rule to derive the electronic configuration of Ce3+ ion and calculate its magnetic moment on the basis of ‘spin-only’ formula.