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Electron Configurations of The Elements

This document provides the electron configurations of elements in their ground states. It lists the subshells for each element from hydrogen to germanium in both concise and full forms, followed by the number of electrons in each shell. The configurations shown are for neutral gaseous atoms and may differ for atoms in chemical environments. Configurations beyond element 120 are tentative as mixing of configurations becomes important.

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Electron Configurations of The Elements

This document provides the electron configurations of elements in their ground states. It lists the subshells for each element from hydrogen to germanium in both concise and full forms, followed by the number of electrons in each shell. The configurations shown are for neutral gaseous atoms and may differ for atoms in chemical environments. Configurations beyond element 120 are tentative as mixing of configurations becomes important.

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Main article: Electron configuration

This page shows the electron configurations of the neutral gaseous atoms in their ground states. For
each atom the subshells are given first in concise form, then with all subshells written out, followed by
the number of electrons per shell. Electron configurations of elements beyond hassium (element 108),
including those of the undiscovered elements beyond oganesson (element 118), are predicted.

As an approximate rule, electron configurations are given by the Aufbau principle and the Madelung
rule. However there are numerous exceptions; for example the lightest exception is chromium, which
would be predicted to have the configuration 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d4 4s2, written as [Ar] 3d4 4s2, but
whose actual configuration given in the table below is [Ar] 3d5 4s1.

Note that these electron configurations are given for neutral atoms in the gas phase, which are not the
same as the electron configurations for the same atoms in chemical environments. In many cases,
multiple configurations are within a small range of energies and the irregularities shown above are quite
irrelevant chemically.[1] For elements past 120, the configurations should be taken as very tentative,
and in some cases mixing of configurations is very important.[2]

1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 3d 4s 4p 4d 4f 5s 5p 5d
5f 5g 6s 6p 6d 6f 7s 7p 7d 8s 8p 9s
9p

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1 H hydrogen: 1s1

1s1

2 He helium: 1s2
1s2

3 Li lithium: [He] 2s1

1s2 2s1

2 1

4 Be beryllium: [He] 2s2

1s2 2s2

2 2

5 B boron: [He] 2s2 2p1

1s2 2s2 2p1

2 3

6 C carbon: [He] 2s2 2p2

1s2 2s2 2p2

2 4

7 N nitrogen: [He] 2s2 2p3

1s2 2s2 2p3

2 5

8 O oxygen: [He] 2s2 2p4

1s2 2s2 2p4

2 6

9 F fluorine: [He] 2s2 2p5


1s2 2s2 2p5

2 7

10 Ne neon: [He] 2s2 2p6

1s2 2s2 2p6

2 8

11 Na sodium: [Ne] 3s1

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s1

2 8 1

12 Mg magnesium: [Ne] 3s2

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2

2 8 2

13 Al aluminium: [Ne] 3s2 3p1

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p1

2 8 3

14 Si silicon: [Ne] 3s2 3p2

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p2

2 8 4

15 P phosphorus: [Ne] 3s2 3p3

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p3

2 8 5

16 S sulfur: [Ne] 3s2 3p4


1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p4

2 8 6

17 Cl chlorine: [Ne] 3s2 3p5

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p5

2 8 7

18 Ar argon: [Ne] 3s2 3p6

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6

2 8 8

19 K potassium: [Ar] 4s1

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s1

2 8 8 1

20 Ca calcium: [Ar] 4s2

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2

2 8 8 2

21 Sc scandium: [Ar] 3d1 4s2

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d1 4s2

2 8 9 2

22 Ti titanium: [Ar] 3d2 4s2

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d2 4s2

2 8 10 2

23 V vanadium: [Ar] 3d3 4s2


1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d3 4s2

2 8 11 2

24 Cr chromium: [Ar] 3d5 4s1

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d5 4s1

2 8 13 1

25 Mn manganese: [Ar] 3d5 4s2

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d5 4s2

2 8 13 2

26 Fe iron: [Ar] 3d6 4s2

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d6 4s2

2 8 14 2

27 Co cobalt: [Ar] 3d7 4s2

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d7 4s2

2 8 15 2

28 Ni nickel: [Ar] 3d8 4s2 or [Ar] 3d9 4s1 (disputed, see Nickel article)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d8 4s2

2 8 16 2

29 Cu copper: [Ar] 3d10 4s1

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s1

2 8 18 1

30 Zn zinc: [Ar] 3d10 4s2


1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2

2 8 18 2

31 Ga gallium: [Ar] 3d10 4s2 4p1

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p1

2 8 18 3

32 Ge germanium: [Ar] 3d10 4s2 4p2

1s2

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