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Which is the correct orbital diagram for carbon?

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The first option

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Carbon is a p-block element. It is the 6th element on the periodic table and therefore it has 6 electrons.

The sub-level notation is given as:

1s² 2s² 2p²

The s-sublevel can only accommodate two maximum electrons because it has one orbital. This is why both 1s and 2s contains just two electrons each. When both sub-levels are filled, we have just 2 remaining electrons to fill the p-sublevel.

The p-sublevel contains 3 orbitals and can accommodate a maximum of 6 electrons. But we have just 2 electrons. According to Hund's rule of maximum mulitiplicity, electrons will go into degenerate orbitals singly before paring up. Therefore, the first two orbitals in p-sublevel will receive an electron each.

This is why the first model fits.

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