Question

What is the ground-state electronic configuration of $\mathrm{Si}$?

Answer 1

Silicon:

• Silicon is a p-block element having an atomic number $14$ and an atomic symbol $\mathrm{Si}$.
• Silicon belongs to Group-$14$ and third period.
• Silicon is a hard crystalline bluish-grey solid

Electronic configuration of Silicon:

• The electronic configuration of Silicon at the ground state is $1{\mathrm{s}}^{2}2{\mathrm{s}}^{2}2{\mathrm{p}}^{6}3{\mathrm{s}}^{2}3{\mathrm{p}}^2$.