Question

In Universe , 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 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 . Note: you may use to stand for the electron configuration of the noble gas at the end of the row before the first transition series.

Answer 1

According to Hund's rule and the Aufbau principle in which the orbitals must be filled with electrons, they are not strictly applied in the real universe, because the intermediate and electron-filled atomic orbitals are very stable . Because there are four d-orbitals in universe L, a typical half-full configuration will be xd4 and its full configuration will be xd8, where x is the primary orbital for any specific element. Here is an example:

Vahadium ₂₃V

in real universe: [Ar]₈ 3d³4s²

in universe L: [Ar]₁₈ 3d⁴4s¹

Chromium

in real universe: [Ar]₈ 3d⁵4s¹

in universe L: [Ar]₁₈ 3d⁴4s²

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