shown here are the orbital configurations for the elements named.
Answers
The correct answers are:
1. The 3p orbital configuration is missing.
2. The 2pz orbital configuration is missing.
3. The single electron in both 3s orbital and 2pz orbital.
4. The misconfigured electron in the 3d1 orbital.
5. The half filled electron orbital in 2px.
The orbital configurations for any atom should follow the pattern shown in the diagram below:
1. The electrons would occupy the 3d orbital only after the 3p orbital has been occupied. But in this case, the electrons have incorrectly been placed in the 3d orbital prior to 3p. This is the error in this orbital configuration.
2. We can notice an incorrect placement of the electron in the 4s orbital before filling up in the 3p orbital. This implies that the 3pz orbital is vacant. This is an incorrect orbital configuration.
3. The half filled 2pz orbital has the ability to take up to 2 electrons in it. But the additional 1 electron has been given to the 3s orbital. This is incorrect.
4. According to the orbital configuration diagram, an electron can occupy the 3d orbital, only after the 4s orbital has been occupied. So, this is an incorrect orbital representation.
5. The half filled 2px orbital can take up to a total of 2 electrons in it. But since Nitrogen has 3 electrons that can be filled in its p orbital, 2px, 2py and 2pz will each take an electron in its orbitals, making them all half filled.
