Answer to Question #303792 in General Chemistry for Joe

Question

1. Write the electron configuration for iridium using orbital diagram techniques?

2. Using the spdf notation,write the electron configuration of iodine?

3. Which two of these elements would you expect to show the greatest similarity in chemical ang physical properties: B,CA,F,He,Mg,P?

4.A biochemist who is studying the properties of certain sulfur S-containing compounds in the body wonders whether trace amounts of another nonmetallic elements might have similar behavior. To which element should she turn her attention?

(a)F (b)As (c)Se (d)Cr (e)p

5. Chlorine is a halogen. Locate this element in the periodic table.

(A) What is it's symbol?

(B) Period and group where it is located?

(C) What is it's atomic number?

(D) Is it a metal or nonmetal?

Answer 1

1-Electron configuration1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 3d¹⁰ 4s² 4p⁶ 4d¹⁰ 5s² 5p⁶ 4f¹⁴ 5d⁷ 6s²