Chemistry · Electronic configuration of elements and extra stability of half-filled and completely filled orbitals

is the electron configuration of:

\( 1 \mathrm{s}^{2} 2 \mathrm{s}^{2} 2 \mathrm{p}^{6} \) is the electron configuration of:

  • A. nitrogen
  • B. boron
  • C. argon
  • D. neon

Step-by-step solution

The electron configuration 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ sums to 10 electrons, which corresponds to the element with atomic number 10, neon.
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