The orbital diagram for a ground-state oxygen atom is 1s 2s 2p A. ?? ?? ? ? ? B. ?? ?? ?? ?? __ C. ?? ?? ?? ? __ D. ?? ?? ?? ? ? E. ?? ?? ?? ?? ? A B C D E
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This means there are 8 electrons in a neutral oxygen atom. The electron configuration of an atom can be represented by an orbital diagram, where each box in the diagram represents an orbital, and each arrow in a box represents an electron. The direction of the Show more…
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