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What information about an atom is communicated in an electron configuration

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Answer: Electron configurations describe where electrons are located around the nucleus of an atom.

Explanation: For example, the electron configuration of lithium, 1s²2s¹, tells us that lithium has two electrons in the 1s subshell and one electron in the 2s subshell

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