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OpenStudy (anonymous):

whats the electron configeration for calcium the ion?

OpenStudy (nechirwan):

what type ion 2+ or 1+?

OpenStudy (nechirwan):

Ground state electron configuration: [Ar].4s2

OpenStudy (abb0t):

\[1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 4s^2\] or \[[Ar]4s^2\] for short. Since everything before 4s2 as I wrote before is simply the electron configuration for Ar.

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