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The document provides worksheets with questions about writing electron configurations of elements and ions in both full and abbreviated notation. It asks students to write the electron configurations, draw orbital diagrams, determine which elements are represented by given configurations, and identify which concepts like Hund's rule, Pauli's exclusion principle, and the Aufbau principle are illustrated in various configurations.

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ElectronConfigurations Worksheet 2 6

The document provides worksheets with questions about writing electron configurations of elements and ions in both full and abbreviated notation. It asks students to write the electron configurations, draw orbital diagrams, determine which elements are represented by given configurations, and identify which concepts like Hund's rule, Pauli's exclusion principle, and the Aufbau principle are illustrated in various configurations.

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Electron Configurations Worksheet 2

Write the complete full electron configurations(e.g. 1s22s22p5) and abbreviated (noble gas notation)
configuration for the following:

# of e- Element (atom) full e- configuration abbreviated (noble gas) e- configuration

1) _____ lithium ________________________________ _________________________________

2) _____ oxygen ________________________________ _________________________________

3) _____ calcium _______________________________ ________________________________

4) _____ nitrogen ______________________________ _________________________________

5) _____ potassium ____________________________ _________________________________

6) _____ chlorine ______________________________ __________________________________

7) _____ hydrogen _____________________________ __________________________________

8) _____ copper ________________________________ _________________________________

9) _____ neon __________________________________ ________________________________

10) _____ phosphorous ___________________________ _________________________________

Write the abbreviated (noble gas notation) ground state electron configurations and circle the valence shell
electrons for the following:
# of electrons Element

11) ______ helium ________________________________________

12) ______ nitrogen ________________________________________

13) ______ chlorine ________________________________________

14) ______ iron ________________________________________

15) ______ zinc ________________________________________

16) ______ barium ________________________________________

17) ______ bromine ________________________________________

18) ______ magnesium _______________________________________

19) ______ fluorine __________________________________________

20) ______ aluminum _______________________________________

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Electron Configuration Worksheet 3: Elements (atoms) and Ions
Write the full electron configuration and noble gas notation electron configurations for the following
Atoms and ions:

Element Atomic
# of e- Electron Configuration
/ Ions number

F1-

O-2

Na

Na1+

Ca

Ca+2

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Al3+

Al

N3-

S2-

Cl1-

K1+

Br1-

Mg2+

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Electron Configuration Worksheet 4
Directions: Write and draw the electron configurations and orbital notations (with spins) of each of the
following atoms.

Example:

Co : 27 e- 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d7

Co
1s 2s 2p 2p 2p 3s 3p 3p 3p

3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 4s

1. Scandium:

2. Gallium:

3. Silver:

4. Argon:

5. Nitrogen:

6. Lithium:

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7. Sulfur:

Electron Configuration Worksheet 5

Write electron configurations for the following ions.

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1. Li+ 3. O2-

2. Cu2+ 4. Cl-

Directions: Draw the orbital notations of each of the following atoms.

Example:

F
1s 2s 2p 2p 2p
1. Chlorine:

2. Nitrogen:

3. Aluminum:

4. Oxygen:

5. Sodium:

6. Potassium:

7. Sulfur:

8. Calcium

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Electron Configuration Worksheet 6
In the space below, write the full electron configurations (ex. = 1s22s1) of the following elements:
1) Sodium ________________________________________________
2) potassium ________________________________________________
3) chlorine ________________________________________________
4) bromine ________________________________________________
5) oxygen ________________________________________________

In the space below, write the abbreviated (noble gas notation) electron configurations (ex. Li= [He]2s1) of
the following elements:
6) manganese ________________________________________________
7) silver ________________________________________________
8) nitrogen ________________________________________________
9) sulfur ________________________________________________
10) argon ________________________________________________

In the space below, write the orbital notation (arrows) of the following elements:
11) manganese _______________________________________________
12) arsenic ________________________________________________
13) nitrogen ________________________________________________
14) sulfur ________________________________________________
15) argon ________________________________________________

Determine what elements are denoted by the following electron configurations:


16) 1s22s22p63s23p4 ____________________
17) 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s1 ____________________
18) [Kr] 5s24d105p3 ____________________
19) [Xe] 6s24f145d6 ____________________
20) [Rn] 7s25f11 ____________________

Determine why the following electron configurations are not valid:


21) 1s22s22p63s23p64s24d104p5 __________________ 22) 1s22s22p63s33d5 ____________________
23) [Xe] _____________________ 24) [Kr] 5s24d105p5 ____________________
Answer the following

25) Of questions 11-15:


a) Which is/are a good example of Hunds rule? Why?

b) Which is/are a good example of Paulis Exclusion Principle? Why?

c) Which is/are a good example of the Aufbau Principle? Why?

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