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How do you write the electron configuration for calcium?

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Feb 23, 2017

Got a Periodic Table.............? Of course, you have, you are doing your chemistry homework.

Explanation:

For $C a$ $Ca$ , $Z = 20$ $Z=20$ . And thus for the neutral atom, we have 20 electrons to distribute:

$1 s^{2} 2 s^{2} 2 p^{6} 3 s^{2} 3 p^{6} 4 s^{2}$ $1s^(2)2s^(2)2p^(6)3s^(2)3p^(6)4s^(2)$

How do we write the configuration for $C a^{2 +} ?$ $Ca^(2+)?$

And the abridged form is $[Ar]4s^2..............$

What about $"potassium"$ , and what about for $"chlorine"$ ?

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