Browse by Stream
QnA
Home
QnA
Go To Your Study Dashboard

Get Answers to all your Questions

header-bg qa
  • Home
  • Engineering
  • The number of 4f electrons in the ground state electronic configuration of is ________.[Atomic number of Gd = 64]Option: 1

The number of 4f electrons in the ground state electronic configuration of \mathrm{Gd^{2+}} is ________.[Atomic number of Gd = 64]
 

Answers (1)

best_answer

The electronic configuration of \mathrm{Gd^{2+}} is \mathrm{\left [ Xe \right ]_{54}5d^{1}4f^{7}}.

This is due to greater stability of the half filled f- orbital configuration.

Thus, \mathrm{Gd^{2+}} has 7 electrons in the \mathrm{4f} orbital.

Hence, the correct answer is 7

Posted by

sudhir.kumar

View full answer

JEE Main high-scoring chapters and topics

Study 40% syllabus and score up to 100% marks in JEE

Similar Questions

Trending Articles/News

anam-khan

Andhra launches free JEE, NEET coaching to over 1 lakh govt school students
anam-khan

JoSAA Counselling 2025 LIVE: BTech registration starts at josaa.nic.in for IIT, NIT, IIIT admissions
anam-khan

Kota: 17-year old student from UP preparing for JEE dies of electrocution in hostel

Latest Question