Question

How do you write the noble-gas electron configuration for carbon?

Answer 1

`[He]2s^(2)2p^2`.......

Explanation:

For carbon `Z=6`, and if there are 6 positively charge nuclear particles, there must be 6 negatively charged extra-nuclear particles in the neutral atom.

And we would describe this configuration....as...

`{1s^(2)}2s^(2)2p^2`