Question

What is the electron configuration for the element sodium?

Answer 1

Sodium:

• Sodium is an element having the atomic number $11$ and the atomic symbol $\mathrm{Na}$.
• It is an alkali metal that belongs to s-block elements.
• The Group number of Sodium is 1.

Electronic configuration: The arrangement of electrons into the orbitals of an atom using some fundamental principle is called its electronic configuration.

Electronic configuration of Sodium:

• The electronic configuration of Sodium is $1{\mathrm{s}}^{2}2{\mathrm{s}}^{2}2{\mathrm{p}}^{6}3{\mathrm{s}}^1$
• Generally, Sodium loses one electron to attain noble gas electronic configuration.