Multi-Electron Configurations and Orbital Diagrams
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Question
Write electronic configurations of the Sodium.
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Solution
Sodium is a chemical element with the symbol Na and the atomic number 11 It is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal. Sodium is an alkali metal, being in group 1 of the periodic table, because it has a single electron in its outer shell that it readily donates, creating a positively charged ion—the Na⁺cation
The electronic configuration of sodium is given as 1s22s22p63s1