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OpenStudy (anonymous):

explain electronic configuration?

OpenStudy (ageta):

Electronic configurations describe electrons as each moving independently in an orbital, in an average field created by all other orbitals.

OpenStudy (ageta):

the electron configuration is the distribution of electrons of an atom or molecule (or other physical structure) in atomic or molecular orbitals.[1] For example, the electron configuration of the neon atom is 1s2 2s2 2p6.

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