Question

Universe L, recently discovered by an intrepid team of chemists who also happen to have studied interdimensional travel, quantum mechanics works just as it does in our universe, except that there are seven d orbitals instead of the usual number we observe here. Use these facts to write the ground-state electron configurations of the sixth and seventh elements in the first transition series in Universe L.

Answer 1

Iron; [Ar] 3d6 4s2

Cobalt; [Ar] 3d6 4s2 4p1

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that in our universe, there are five d orbitals known. However, in this strange universe L, there are only three d orbitals known.

The sixth and seventh first row transition elements are iron and cobalt. In universe L, the electronic configuration of iron and cobalt will be written as;

Iron; [Ar] 3d6 4s2

Cobalt; [Ar] 3d6 4s2 4p1