The aufbau principle and electron configurations
Issue 368 | Page 15 | Published Mar 2018
Description
The use of the aufbau principle to predict the electron configurations of atoms (in their ground states), and therefore explain the layout of the periodic table, is a key concept when teaching atomic structure to pre-university chemistry students.
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