1. The Alpha particle is a helium nucleus, is positively charged & would barely penetrate a piece of paper.<span />
A. Less than 1% of the alpha particles went un-deflected through the gold foil.
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Al- [Ne] 3s²3p¹
As- [Ar] 4s²3d¹⁰ 4p³
Explanation:
- Electron configuration of an element shows the arrangement of electrons in the energy levels or orbitals in the atom.
- Noble-gas configuration involves use of noble gases to write the configuration of other elements.
- This is done by identifying the atomic number of the element and then identifying the noble gas that comes before that particular element on the periodic table.
- Aluminium: The atomic number of Al is 13. The noble gas before Aluminium is Neon which has 10 electrons. Therefore the remaining 3 electrons fills up the 3s and 3p sub orbitals.
- Thus, the noble-gas configuration of Al is [Ne] 3s²3p¹
2. Arsenic, Atomic number is 33
- Noble gas before Arsenic is Ar,. Argon has 17 electrons, then the remaining electrons fills up the 4s, 3d and 4p sub-orbitals.
- Thus, the noble-gas configuration of As is [Ar] 4s²3d¹⁰ 4p³
