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11 November, 02:06

Which isolated gaseous atom has a total of five electrons occupying spherically shaped orbitals?

A) sodium b) potassium c) boron d) flourine

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  1. 11 November, 02:18
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    Let's find the electron configuration of each atom

    Atom atomic number electron configuration

    Bo 5 1s2 2s2 2p

    F 9 1s2 2s2 2p5

    Na 11 1s2 s2 2p6 3s

    K 19 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s

    The spherically shaped orbitals are the s orbitals.

    You can se in the table that I wrote above that sodium has 2 electrons at 1s, 2 electrons at 2s and 1 electron at 3s orbitals, that is a total of five electrons at s (spherically shaped orbtials).

    So the answer is the option A) sodium.
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