So I was doing this question:
50. Which of the following electronic configurations is the ground state electronic configuration for aluminum?
I know it has 13 electrons which would be [Ne] 3s23p1 but I thought that it would be more stable if it took the 2 electrons from s and made it a half filled p orbital. ([Ne]3p3
Is this wrong? Or am I answering a different question? I know this tends to happen for d-orbitals because i've seen it a lot.
50. Which of the following electronic configurations is the ground state electronic configuration for aluminum?
I know it has 13 electrons which would be [Ne] 3s23p1 but I thought that it would be more stable if it took the 2 electrons from s and made it a half filled p orbital. ([Ne]3p3
Is this wrong? Or am I answering a different question? I know this tends to happen for d-orbitals because i've seen it a lot.