Question

What is the electron configuration of a nitrogen molecule?

Answer 1

Electronic configuration

• The electronic configuration of an element helps to define the distribution of electrons in the atomic orbital.
• A standard notation to write the electronic configuration is followed for all the atoms or molecules.

Electronic configuration of nitrogen molecule-

• There are 14 electrons in the nitrogen molecules, and the electronic configuration is written as,
• ${\left(\mathrm{\sigma }\mathit{1}s\right)}^2{(\mathrm{\sigma }*\mathit{1}s)}^2{\left(\mathrm{\sigma }\mathit{2}s\right)}^2{(\mathrm{\sigma }*\mathit{2}s)}^2{\left(\mathrm{\pi }\mathit{2}{p}_{\mathrm{x}}\right)}^2{\left(\mathrm{\pi }\mathit{2}{p}_{\mathrm{y}}\right)}^2{\left(\mathrm{\sigma }\mathit{2}{p}_{\mathrm{z}}\right)}^2$.