Electron Configuration Practice Worksheet
In the space below,
write the unabbreviated electron configurations of the following elements:
1)
sodium ________________________________________________
2) iron ________________________________________________
3) bromine ________________________________________________
4) barium ________________________________________________
5) neptunium ________________________________________________
In the space below, write the abbreviated electron
configurations of the following elements:
6) cobalt ________________________________________________
7) silver ________________________________________________
8) tellurium ________________________________________________
9) radium ________________________________________________
10) lawrencium ________________________________________________
Determine
what elements are denoted by the following electron configurations:
11)
1s22s22p63s23p4 ____________________
12)
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s1 ____________________
13)
[Kr] 5s24d105p3 ____________________
14)
[Xe] 6s24f145d6 ____________________
15)
[Rn] 7s25f11 ____________________
Determine
which of the following electron configurations are not valid:
16)
1s22s22p63s23p64s24d104p5
____________________
17)
1s22s22p63s33d5 ____________________
18)
[Ra] 7s25f8
____________________
19)
[Kr] 5s24d105p5
____________________
20)
[Xe] ____________________
Electron Configurations - Solutions
Note: The electron configurations in this worksheet
assume that lanthanum (La) is the first element in the 4f block and that
actinium (Ac) is the first element in the 5f block. If your periodic table doesn’t agree with
this, your answers for elements near the f-orbitals may be slightly different.
1) sodium 1s22s22p63s1
2) iron 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d6
3) bromine 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p5
4) barium 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p66s2
5) neptunium 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p66s24f145d106p67s25f5
6) cobalt [Ar] 4s23d7
7) silver [Kr] 5s24d9
8) tellurium [Kr] 5s24d105p4
9) radium [Rn] 7s2
10) lawrencium [Rn] 7s25f146d1
11)1s22s22p63s23p4 sulfur
12)1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s1 rubidium
13)[Kr] 5s24d105p3 antimony
14)[Xe] 6s24f145d6 osmium
15)[Rn] 7s25f11 einsteinium
16)1s22s22p63s23p64s24d104p5
not valid (take
a look at “4d”)
17)1s22s22p63s33d5 not valid (3p comes after 3s)
18)[Ra] 7s25f8 not valid (radium isn’t a noble gas)
19)[Kr] 5s24d105p5
valid
20) [Xe] not valid (an element can’t be its own electron
configuration)
