Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2.1, Problem 2TYK
Summary Introduction
Introduction:
Electronic configuration is defined as the arrangement of electrons in an atom’s orbitals. The ground state is the lowest energy arrangement of electrons.
Atomic number of an element is always similar to the number of protons inside the nucleus.
Electron shells are the energy levels that have the ability to hold up the electrons. Electron shells consist with one or more electron subshells.
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