What species has the ground-state electron arrangement $1 s^{2} 2 s^{2} 2 p^{6} 3 s^{2} 3 p^{6} 3 d^{10}$ $1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 3d^10$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-12-17T15:09:37

Nickel

If you add up the total number of electrons present (28), then you can match that to the atomic number (28) of an element. In this case (28), Nickel.

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