Question #8a74c

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Jan 25, 2014

The electron configuration for carbon is 1s^2 2s^2 2p^2.

The noble gas configuration for carbon would use the noble gas in the row above carbon on the periodic table which would be Helium.
Helium has an electron configuration of 1s^2.
By replacing the 1s^2 with the noble gas [He] we get a noble gas notation for carbon of [He] 2s^2 2p^2.

However, most chemists do not use noble gas notation for the first 18 elements of the periodic table.