The periodic table of the elements are describe the electronic configuration of the elements on which the properties of the elements depends. Among the given groups only metal, non-metal and semi-metal group are the part of periodic table. The metallic property depends upon the binding energy of the electrons with the nucleus. Thus the elements which have the valence electrons more near to the nucleus that is s-block elements are more metallic in nature. On the other hand the elements which have the valence electrons far from the nucleus are more non-metallic in nature like p-block elements. However the binding energy or the attraction of the outermost electrons to the nucleus depends not only its valence electrons position but also some other factors like shielding effect, effective nuclear charge etc.
The elements which are in between the metals and non-metals can be classified as semi-metals.
Although the conductivity of a material is an inherent property of the metals but sometime the nonmetals or semi-metals are also behave like a conductor due to presence of the other elements, thus it cannot be a p[property of the periodic table. Similarly acidity, flammable gases are not part of the periodic table.
Mud is a mixture. It's mixed with water, soil, silt and clay.
Answer:
(a) 1s2 2s1
Explanation:
Electron configurations of atoms are in their ground state when the electrons completely fill each orbital before starting to fill the next orbital.
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Understanding the notation</u></h3>
It's important to know how to read and interpret the notation.
For example, the first part of option (a) says "1s2"
- The "1" means the first level or shell
- The "s" means in an s-orbital
- The "2" means there are 2 electrons in that orbital
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Other things to know about electron orbitals</u></h3>
It important to know which orbitals are in each shell:
- In level 1, there is only an s-orbital
- In level 2, there is an s-orbital and a p-orbital
- in level 3, there is an s-orbital, a p-orbital, and a d-orbital <em>(things get a little tricky when the d-orbitals get involved, but this problem is checking on the basic concept -- not the higher level trickery)</em>
So, it's also important to know how many electrons can be in each orbital in order to know if they are full or not. The electrons should fill up these orbitals for each level, in this order:
- s-orbitals can hold 2
- p-orbitals can hold 6
- d-orbitals can hold 10 <em>(but again, that's beyond the scope of this problem)</em>
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Examining how the electrons are filling the orbitals</u></h3>
<u>For option (a):</u>
- the 1s orbital is filled with 2, and
- the 2s orbital has a single electron in it with no other orbitals involved.
This is in it's ground state.
<u>For option (b):</u>
- the 1s orbital is filled with 2,
- the 2s orbital is filled with 2,
- the 2p orbital has 5 (short of a full 6), and
- the 3s orbital has a single electron in it.
Because the 3s orbital has an electron, but the lower 2p before it isn't full. This is NOT in it's ground state.
<u>For option (c):</u>
- the 1s orbital is filled with 2,
- the 2s orbital has 1 (short of a full 2), and
- the 2p orbital is filled with 6
Although the 2p orbital is full, since the 2s orbital before it was not yet full, this is NOT in it's ground state.
<u>For option (d):</u>
- the 1s orbital has 1 (short of a full 2), and
- the 2s orbital is filled with 2
Again, despite that the final orbital (in this case, the 2s orbital), is full, since the 1s orbital before it was not yet full, this is NOT in it's ground state.
No, unless the slime or paper is wet.
