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How do you write the electron configuration of Tin?


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Electronic configuration:-

  • Electron configuration of an element shows us how the electrons are distributed in its atomic orbitals.
  • The electron configurations of atoms follow a standard notation in which all the atomic subshells that contain electrons (with the number of electrons they hold written in superscript) are placed in a certain sequence.
  • Electronic Configuration is given in accordance to Aufbau Principle, Hund's Rule and Pauli's Exclusion Principle.
  • Here, nrefers to the principal quantum number whereas, lrefers to the azimuthal quantum number.
  • When l=0 it represents the s-subshell, when l=1 it represents the p-subshell, l=2 it represents the d-subshell, l=3 it represents the f-subshell.
  • For example, the atomic number of Sodium is 11 and its electron configuration is 1s22s22p63s1

Electronic configuration of Tin:-

  • Atomic number of Tin is 50, that is Tin has a total of 50 electrons.
  • Since 1s orbital can hold a maximum of 2 electrons, so first 2 electrons will fill the 1s orbital, and the next 2 electrons will fill the 2s orbital.
  • The next six electrons of Tin will go in the 2p orbital, as the p orbital can hold up to six electrons.
  • The 2p orbital will be completely filled with six electrons and after that, the next two electrons will move up to fill the 3s orbital.
  • Similarly in the same fashion, the next 6 electrons will fill up the 3p orbital.
  • The next 2 electrons will be placed in the 4s orbital.
  • The next 6 electrons fill the 4p orbitals and the next 10 electrons fill the 4d orbital, as the d-orbital can accommodate up to 10 electrons.
  • The next 2 electrons are filled in the 5s orbital and lastly, the remaining 2 electrons are filled in the 5p orbital.
  • Therefore, the electronic configuration of Tin is1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p64d105s25p2.
  • This configuration can also be written as[Kr]4d105s25p2, where Kr represents the electron configuration of Krypton.

Therefore, the electronic configuration of Tin is1s22s22p63s23p63d104s24p64d105s25p2, or [Kr]4d105s25p2.


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