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Question
What do you understand by the term "electronic configuration" of an element? Write down the electronic configuration of oxygen (At. No. = 8).
Solution
Electron configuration is the distribution of electrons of an atom in various shells or orbits of the atom (K, L, M etc.).
Electronic configuration of oxygen (atomic no = 8) is
\[\underset{2}{\text{ K }}\underset{6}{\text{ L }}\]
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