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What atom matches this electron configuration?

1s22s22p63s2

Magnesium


Lithium


Sulfur


Chlorine

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Answer:

Magnesium

Step-by-step explanation:

To recognize what element this is, we can simply look at the last orbital (3s2) and go to the periodic table and see what element is in that final orbital.

We go to row 3 (because of the 3s orbital) and then we have 2 electrons in that orbital, meaning that our element in the configuration is Magnesium.

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