Question

What is the noble gas notation for Neon?

Answer 1

This is a little uncommon, since Neon is itself a noble gas, but not at all unheard of, since the only noble gas that does not have a noble gas shorthand notation is Helieum, `"He"`.

Since `"Ne"` is in group 18, row 2 of the periodic table, it has an atomic number of 10, which means its electron configuration must account for 10 electrons.

`"Ne":1s^(2)2s^(2)2p^(6)`

Using the electron configuration of `"He"`, the closest noble gas that comes before `"Ne"` in the periodic table, we can write the noble gas shorthand notation for `"Ne"` like this:

`"Ne":["He"]2s^(2)2p^(6)`