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Chapter 6: Q60E (page 337)

Question:Which atom would be expected to have a half-filled 6psubshell?

Short Answer

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Bismuth (Bi) will have a half-filled 6p subshell.

Step by step solution

01

describing the conditions to determine the required atom

We know that pairing is done after all the orbitals are partially filled. For a half-filled 6p subshell, we need to check the elements in the 6th period of the periodic table.

02

determining the atom has a half-filled 6p subshell

From the periodic table, we can observe that in Bismuth (Bi), 3 degenerate orbitals in the p shell are filled which means that the 6p subshell is partially filled.

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Identify the atoms from the electron configurations given:

(a)\(\left( {{\bf{Ar}}} \right){\bf{4}}{{\bf{s}}^{\bf{2}}}{\bf{3}}{{\bf{d}}^{\bf{5}}}\)

(b)\(\left( {{\bf{Kr}}} \right){\bf{5}}{{\bf{s}}^{\bf{2}}}{\bf{4}}{{\bf{d}}^{{\bf{10}}}}{\bf{5}}{{\bf{p}}^{\bf{6}}}\)

Question:Use an orbital diagram to describe the electron configuration of the valence shell of each of the following

atoms:

(a) N

(b) Si

(c) Fe

(d) Te

(e) Mo

If a shell contains a maximum of 32 electrons, what is the principal quantum number,n?

Question: Based on their positions in the periodic table, predict which has the smallest atomic radius: Mg, Sr, Si, Cl, I.

Based on their positions in the periodic table, list the following atoms in order of increasing radius: Mg, Ca, Rb,Cs.
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