These are three questions and three complete answers
Answer:
a) Cr²⁺: [Ar] 4s² 3d²
b) Cu²⁺: [Ar] 4s² 3d⁷
c) Co³⁺: [Ar] 4s² 3d⁴
Explanation:
<u>a) Cr²⁺</u>
- Number of elecrons of the neutral atom: 24
- Number of electrons of the ion: 24 - charge = 24 - 2 = 22.
Fill the orbitals in increasing order of energy. Using Aufbau's rules the order is: 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶ .....
Hence, for 22 electrons you get:
1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d²
- Abbreviated notation: since the last complete level is the number 3s² 3p⁶, you use the noble gas of the period 3, which is Ar, and the configuration is:
[Ar] 4s² 3d²
<u>b) Cu²⁺</u>
- Number of elecrons of the neutral atom: 29
- Number of electrons of the ion: 29 - charge = 29 - 2 = 27.
Fill the orbitals in increasing order of energy. Using Aufbau's rules the order is: 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶ .....
Hence, for 27 electrons you get:
1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d⁷
- Abbreviated notation: since the last complete level is the number 3s² 3p⁶, you use the noble gas of the period 3, which is Ar, and the configuration is:
[Ar] 4s² 3d⁷
<u>c) Co³⁺</u>
- Number of elecrons of the neutral atom: 27
- Number of electrons of the ion: 27 - charge = 27 - 3 = 24.
Fill the orbitals in increasing order of energy. Using Aufbau's rules the order is: 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶ .....
Hence, for 24 electrons you get:
1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d⁴
- Abbreviated notation: since the last complete level is the number 3s² 3p⁶, you use the noble gas of the period 3, which is Ar, and the configuration is:
[Ar] 4s² 3d⁴
You just balance it ifk the steps it’s easy
Spontaneous = exothermic. If it is not spontaneous, it is endothermic. ΔG > 0, which means that the reaction uses energy instead of emitting it.
