Browse by Stream
QnA
Home
QnA
Go To Your Study Dashboard

Get Answers to all your Questions

header-bg qa
  • Home
  • NCERT
  • The electronic configuration of gadolinium (Atomic number 64) is (i)[Xe] \; 4f^{3} 5d^{5}6s^{2} (ii) [Xe] \; 4f^{7} 5d^{2}6s^{1} (iii) [Xe] \; 4f^{7} 5d^{1}6s^{2} (iv) [Xe] \; 4f^{8} 5d^{6}6s^{2}

The electronic configuration of gadolinium (Atomic number 64) is

(i)  [Xe] \; 4f^{3} 5d^{5}6s^{2}

 (ii) [Xe] \; 4f^{7} 5d^{2}6s^{1}

 (iii) [Xe] \; 4f^{7} 5d^{1}6s^{2}

 (iv) [Xe] \; 4f^{8} 5d^{6}6s^{2}

Answers (1)

The answer is the option (iii) [Xe] \; 4f^{7} 5d^{1}6s^{2}

Explanation: Gadolinium is a lanthanoid, it is one of the f-block elements and has the outer electronic configuration as (n - 2) f^{14} (n-1) d^{0-1}-1 ns^{2}

Posted by

infoexpert22

View full answer

Similar Questions

Latest Question