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What is the ground-state electron configuration for Zn?


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Zinc:

  • Zinc is a d-block element having an atomic number 30.
  • The chemical symbol of Zinc is 'Zn'.

Electronic configuration of d-block

  • In general, the electronic configuration of these elements is (n-1)d1-10ns1-2.
  • Here, (n–1) stands for the inner dorbitals which may have one to ten electrons, and the outermost ns orbital may have one or two electrons.

Electronic configuration of Zinc Zn:

  • The electronic configuration of Zinc in the ground state is 1s22s22p63s23p63d104s2.
  • It can be represented as: [Ar]3d104s2

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