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Why does palladium have an exceptional electronic configuration of 4d10 5s2?

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We expect Pd to have the electronic configuration of 5s² 4d⁸ but it shows 5s⁰ 4d^10. This is due to the fact that fully filled orbitals are more stable than the partially filled orbitals.

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