How do you do shorthand notation?

1 Answer

It's just like writing a full electron configuration, but you get to use a short-cut.

Explanation:

Here is a quick example

To write the full electron configuration of Ne, you would write:

1s22s22p6

The shorthand uses the next smallest Noble gas to replace part of the full electron configuration.

He = 1s2

So the shorthand notation for Ne is:

] [He]2s22p6

Here is another example...

Hope this helps!