Question #8a74c

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Jan 25, 2014

The electron configuration for carbon is #1s^2 2s^2 2p^2#.

The noble gas configuration for carbon would use the noble gas in the row above carbon on the periodic table which would be Helium.
Helium has an electron configuration of #1s^2#.
By replacing the #1s^2# with the noble gas [He] we get a noble gas notation for carbon of [He] #2s^2 2p^2#.

However, most chemists do not use noble gas notation for the first 18 elements of the periodic table.