Question

What is the ground-state electron configuration of the element Germanium?

Answer 1

Germanium:

• Germanium is a p-block element having an atomic number $32$ and an atomic symbol $\mathrm{Ge}$.
• Germanium belongs to Group-$14$ and fourth period.
• Germanium is the greyish-white metalloid in the Carbon family.

Electronic configuration of Germanium:

• The electronic configuration of Germanium at the ground state is $1{\mathrm{s}}^{2}2{\mathrm{s}}^{2}2{\mathrm{p}}^{6}3{\mathrm{s}}^{2}3{\mathrm{p}}^{6}3{\mathrm{d}}^{10}4{\mathrm{s}}^{2}4{\mathrm{p}}^2$.
• It can also be written as $\left[\mathrm{Ar}\right]3{\mathrm{d}}^{10}4{\mathrm{s}}^{2}4{\mathrm{p}}^2$