What is the electronic configuration of tantalum metal?

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anor277
Sep 30, 2017

You gots #Z=73#.......

....for short....#Ta-=[Xe]4f^(14)5d^(3)6s^2#....

Explanation:

And we use the #"aufbau principle....."#

#1s^(2) 2s^(2) 2p^(6) 3s^(2) 3p^(6) 3d^(10 )4s^(2) 4p^(6) 4d^(10)5s^(2)5p^(6)4f^(14)5d^(3)6s^(2)#

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