What electrically neutral atom will have an electron configuration of $1 s^{2} 2 s^{2} 2 p^{4}$ $1s^2 2s^2 2p^4$ ?

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What electrically neutral atom will have an electron configuration of $1 s^{2} 2 s^{2} 2 p^{4}$ $1s^2 2s^2 2p^4$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-08T02:52:21

The element is oxygen.

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Oxygen's atomic number is 8, meaning that it has 8 protons in the nuclei of its atoms. In a neutral oxygen atom, there are also 8 electrons. The electron configuration ${1s}^{2} {2s}^{2} {2p}^{4}$ $"1s"^2"2s"^2"2p"^4"$ has a total of 8 electrons. Since it was indicated that this is the electron configuration of a neutral atom, it must be oxygen.

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