Electronic Configurations and Types of Elements

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Electronic Configurations and Types of Elements: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Metals,Non-metals and Metalloids,Electronic Configuration in Periods,Transition Elements, etc.

Important Questions on Electronic Configurations and Types of Elements

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The pair of lanthanides with exceptionally high 3rd ionisation enthalpy than neighbouring elements:

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How we can find position of alkali metals on basis of electronic configuration

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Write the outer shell electronic configuration of an element with atomic number 24. Why is this different from the elements that are adjacent to it in the periodic table?

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If valence electrons in iron are 8 why is it not in zero group element?

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The outer electronic configuration of some elements are :

a 3s23p4 b 3d104s2 c 3s23p64s2 d 6s24f3

To which block of elements in the periodic table each of these belongs ?

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The electronic configuration of an element is 1s22s22p63s23p3.  What is the atomic number (X) of the element which is just below the above given element in the periodic table. Enter the value of X.

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Which of the following cations posses neither noble gas configuration nor pseudo inert gas configuration?

iBi3+              ii Pb2+           iii Sn2+          iv Tl+

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The correct order of the metallic character of the elements Be,Al,Na,K is

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If the total 110 elements are present in the periodic table then how many of them contain e- in f-subshell?

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An atomic number of an element Z is 16. State the formula of the compound between Z and hydrogen.

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There are three elements E, F, G with atomic numbers 19,8 and 17 respectively. Classify the elements as metals and non-metals.

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The most common oxidation state of alkali metals is: 

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Explain why the number of electrons is 8 in the third period?