Chemistry (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0078021529
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-152-7

Chapter 7 - Section 7.2 - The Modern Periodic Table - Checkpoint - Page 290: 7.2.1

Answer

b) $1s^{2}2s^{2}2p^{6}3s^{2}3p^{6}4s^{2}3d^{10}4p^{2}$ is the correct answer.

Work Step by Step

Using basic Aufbau principle we can write its configuration and that will be Ge : $1s^{2}2s^{2}2p^{6}3s^{2}3p^{6}4s^{2}3d^{10}4p^{2}$
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