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Beryllium (Be): 1sC2sD, what's C and D?

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C=2
D=2
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User Sean K
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Answer:

C is equal to 2 and D is equal to 2.

Step-by-step explanation:

Here C and D represents number of electrons in 1s and 2s orbitals.

Be has 4 electrons. Now, in order write electronic configuration of an atom, electron filling should be started from orbital with lowest energy.

Energy order of orbital with increasing energy: 1s< 2s< 2p< 3s< 3p< 4s< 3d....

So, filling of electron should start from 1s orbital then 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p and so on.

Each orbital can have maximum of 2 electrons.

So electronic configuration of Be is:
1s^(2)2s^(2)

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