Electronic Configurations and Types of Elements

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Electronic Configurations and Types of Elements: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Lanthanides and Actinides, Provisional Names and Symbols of Elements with Z > 100, Metals &Non-metals and Metalloids etc.

Important Questions on Electronic Configurations and Types of Elements

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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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What will be the IUPAC name of element with atomic number 103.

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What is the element with atomic number 83?

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Select the incorrect statement about the element As33 according to Modern periodic table.

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Which of the elements, whose atomic number are given below, cannot be accommodated in the present set up of the long form of the periodic table?

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Which of the elements, whose atomic number are given below, cannot be accommodated in the present set up of the long form of the periodic table?

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Complete the given table

Element Sub-shell electronic configuration Number of electrons present in the last sub-shell Group number
Li 1s22s1                     1          1
Na 1s22s22p63s1                     -          1
Mg 1s22s22p63s2                     -          2
Ca 1s22s22p63s23p64s2                    -           -

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Complete the given table

Element Subshell electronic configuration Number of the outermost shell Period number
Be4 1s22s2                     2            2
C6 1s22s22p2                     2            2
Na11 1s22s22p63s1                     3            -
K19 1s22s22p63s23p64s1                    -           -

 

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An element has its electronic configuration as 2, 8, 2. To which period does this element belong?

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In Lanthanoid series, the element well known to exhibit +4 oxidation state is

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To which group and period does the element belong if the electronic configuration of an element in its -2 oxidation state is 1 s22 s22p63 s23p6?

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Which of the following species will have the largest and the smallest size? K,K+,Ca,Ca2+, Explain?

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Among the elements from atomic number 1 to 36, the number of elements which have an unpaired electron in the s-subshell is

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Which of the following pairs contain metalloid elements in the periodic table ?