Question

Group the electronic configurations of neutral elements in sets according to those you would expect to show similar chemical properties.

Note that as long as the configurations are grouped correctly with regard to each other, it does not matter which set you assign to each group.

SET A:

SET B:

Answer Bank:

1s22s2sp63s23p2

1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p2

1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p66s24f145d106p2

1s22s22p63s23p64s2

1s22s2

1s2

Answer 1

in SET A valency electrons are in p orbital in SET B valency electrons are in s orbital. SET A: SET B: 152 152252sp63523p2 152252263523p64523d104p2 152252 1522s22p63s23p64523d104p65s24d105p66s24f145d106p2 1522522p63523p6452