Inorganic Chemistry
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Author: Housecroft, Catherine E.
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Chapter 1, Problem 29P
Write down (with reasoning) the ground state electronic configurations of (a) Li, (b) O, (c) S, (d) Ca, (e) Ti and (f) Al.
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