What is the actual ground-state electron configuration for copper (Cu)?
Copper is anomalous because it’s ground-state electron configuration isn’t what you’d expect it to be. The actual configuration is due to the fact that it’s more beneficial to fill...
How many valence electrons does gold have?
Gold (Au) is a d-block element and has 1 valence electron (sometimes 3 or even 11 depending on how “valence electron is defined.) Unlike s-block and p-block elements, you...