It is the distribution of e- of an atom or molecule.
Representation of the arrangement of electrons distributed among the orbital
shells and subshells.
Often used to describe the orbitals of an atom in it’s ground state.
ELECTRON
CONFIGURATION
Dr Gugu Mnguni
Mangosuthu University of Technology
Department of Environmental Health
Academic year: 2020
, Electron configuration
■ It is the distribution of e- of an atom or molecule.
■ Representation of the arrangement of electrons distributed among the orb
shells and subshells.
■ Often used to describe the orbitals of an atom in it’s ground state.
■ Also used to describe/represent an atom that has ionised to an anion (-ve
charged ion) or cation (+vely charged ion).
■ Electron configuration of an element depends on it’s position in the period
table.
, Electron shells
■ An e- shell is a set of allowed states that share the same principal number
(the # before the letter I the orbital label), that electrons may occupy .
– Example - 1st shell can occupy 2e-, 2nd shell 8e-, 3rd shell 18 e- etc.
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