How can I draw an orbital diagram for chloride ion?
1 Answer
X X XXX X XXX (where each line represents an electron and every two lines represents an orbital)
Explanation:
To write electron configurations in orbital notation, find the element on the periodic table. In this case, the particle (
Electron orbitals are regions around a nucleus that can hold a maximum of two electrons. When filled, the first electron orbital can be represented as
Following these rules, we can write the electron orbital notation of
To draw this as a diagram, draw a circle representing an orbital for every two electrons, and fill them up one by one with lines representing electrons.
X X XXX X XXX
Note that you cannot add a second line to an orbital until all the other orbitals in the same letter block (