R rjm546 Full Member 10+ Year Member 5+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Nov 8, 2007 Messages 70 Reaction score 0 Points 0 Location FL Pre-Dental Aug 5, 2010 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad The electronic configuration of a particular neutral atom is 1s22s22p63s23p2. What is the number of unpaired electrons in this atom? The answer is 3 but I came up with 2. Why is it 3? Thanks
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad The electronic configuration of a particular neutral atom is 1s22s22p63s23p2. What is the number of unpaired electrons in this atom? The answer is 3 but I came up with 2. Why is it 3? Thanks
P PreDental88 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Dec 28, 2008 Messages 84 Reaction score 0 Points 0 Pre-Dental Aug 5, 2010 #2 rjm546 said: The electronic configuration of a particular neutral atom is 1s22s22p63s23p2. What is the number of unpaired electrons in this atom? The answer is 3 but I came up with 2. Why is it 3? Thanks Click to expand... Hm, I came up with 2 as well. Maybe they were implying that there were 3 unfilled orbitals? Upvote 0 Downvote
rjm546 said: The electronic configuration of a particular neutral atom is 1s22s22p63s23p2. What is the number of unpaired electrons in this atom? The answer is 3 but I came up with 2. Why is it 3? Thanks Click to expand... Hm, I came up with 2 as well. Maybe they were implying that there were 3 unfilled orbitals?
