The aufbau principle and electron configurations

By Christopher Talbot

Issue 368 | Page 15 | Published Mar 2018

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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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