Electron configuration of calcium

Calcium is denoted by the letter “Ca” and its atomic number is 20. The number of electrons in Calcium is 20. We will checking about electron configuration of calcium

The electron configuration of calcium

Electron configuration is the arrangement of electrons in different orbitals of an atom. It is obtained as per the below rules

(a) As per the Aufbau rule or Principle, the orbitals are filled in increasing order of their energies.
1s, 2s ,2p, 3s ,3p ,4s ,3d ,4p, 5s,4d,5p,4f,5d,6p
(b) There can be a maximum of two electrons in the orbital
(c) the pairing of electrons in the orbitals belonging to the same subshell [ p, d, f], does not take place until each orbital gets singly occupied

Based on the above rules, The electronic configuration of Calcium is given by

1s² , 2s², 2p⁶,3s²,3p⁶,4s²

or

2, 8,8,2

So it is not like 2,8,10 or 2,8,9,1 as you might think

we can write the electron configuration in the orbital diagram as below

Sometimes, we can write the electron configuration in short form as

[Ar] 4s²

Where [Ar] stands for electron configuration of Argon i.e 1s² , 2s², 2p⁶,3s²,3p⁶

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