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Why is the electronic configuration of scandium 2,8,9,2 and not 2,8,8,3 ?

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The electronic configuration of Sc is 2,8,8,3
According to the octet rule the maximum no. of electrons in M SHELL is 8 thus it can not have 9 electrons.

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