Question

How many electrons are in the highest energy orbital of the element copper?

Answer 1

do you know how to put in the electrons and fill orbitals etc?

Answer 2

No

Answer 3

Take a look at that periodic table

Answer 4

ok

Answer 5

The first electron that you put into goes into 1s and if we were to stop there that would be the configuration for hydrogen. The s orbital can hold 2 electrons so if we place another electron what electronic configuration would we have and if I were to stop there what element would that be?

Answer 6

kinda lost

Answer 7

1. Ok. so when we fill orbitals we always start from the lowest energy possible.
2. Each orbital can hold a maximum of 2 electrons.

Answer 8

alright

Answer 9

We have generally have 5 different types of orbitals these are arranged in increasing energy.

s,p,d,f

An s orbital is our smallest it holds 2 electrons.
A P orbital holds 6 electrons
A d orbital holds 10 electrons
and an f orbital holds 14 electrons.

Answer 10

I got 3 is that correct

Answer 11

sorry 4 types s,p,d,f yeah so I'll show you how to get there step by step.

Answer 12

okay can you please

Answer 13

So first thing we do is that we look at copper and how many electrons it has an atomic number of 29. So that means it has 29 electrons and 29 protons.

so we start filling our orbitals like this

1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 4s^1 3d^10

Answer 14

If you see that periodic table I put there. try to locate copper first and then fill the orbitals based on the picture.

Answer 15

Based off that periodic table I put in the comments try to locate copper and tell me what energy level it's in

Answer 16

thanks

Answer 17

so yeah what energy level is copper located in on that table?