How Do You Write An Electron Configuration For An Atom Of Any Element?
Chemistry is a subject students begin to study in high school. They can conceptualize the abstract nature of the atom. The atom has a core made of positive and neutral charged particles at the center and electrons in a cloud around it. The electrons inhabit orbitals that only allow two electrons at any one time. Write the electron configuration of an atom by noting which orbitals they occupy. Define for which atom you want to generate the electron configuration. The element that you choose has an atomic number. The atomic number defines how many protons are in the nucleus of the atom and how many electrons are orbiting the nucleus. Decide how many orbitals you need to put electrons in for the element of interest. The orbitals of the atom are composed of s, p, d and f type orbitals. As you progress through the periodic table, numerically, you put electrons into these orbitals. The 1s orbital is the first one filled. It can hold 2 electrons. Therefore, hydrogen and helium only use the 1s
