What is the abbreviation for calcium?

1 Answer
Nov 30, 2016

Element Name: Ca
or
Electron configuration: [Ar] 4s^2

I wasn't actually sure which one you meant.

Explanation:

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Group two, period four, holds Calcium as Ca with an atomic number of 20.

If you needed the electron configuration, it would be 1s^22s^22p^63s^23p^24s^2

and when you're abbreviating that, you take the last noble gas it had passed; Ar.

Then, fill in until you get to the Ca. Which would look like: [Ar] 4s^2