I just want to know how you can tell the electron configuration for an element? I also would like to know the stepsPlease answer, and explainThanks.
Well truck mounted should give you a clue don't you thinkGee, I wonder if it could mean a crane mounted on a truck? Seems to me that you would need a truck and a crane to make a truck mounted crane, so give it a shot, I'll bet you can guess the right answer without any help at all.
Look at the atomic number for that element, this will tell you how many electrons it hasThe number of electrons will then fill a number of shells: 1s^2, 2s^2, 2p^6, 3s^2, 3p^6, 3d^10, 4s^2 and so on A few examples: Hydrogen - atomic number 11s^1 Helium - atomic number 2 1s^2 Lithium - atomic number 3 1s^2, 2s^1 Skip a few elementsChlorine - atomic number 17 1s^2, 2s^2, 2p^6, 3s^2, 3p^5 Iron - atomic number 26 1s^2, 2s^2, 2p^6, 3s^2, 3p^6, 3d^4 4s^2 You try these onesOxygen, potassium, sodium, cobalt, aluminium and anymore you would like to.
