Electron Configuration (shortcut)

Last class we learned how to write however many electrons in which orbitals and whatever sub-levels, and taking oxygen as an example, this is how it looks like:

But guess what, there's a shorter way to write this!!It looks like this:

Yeah, I also found it weird that oxygen had helium in it's title .. O_O


So to teach you guys how to do this technique, I shall show you this diagram:











Erm .. I just realized now that I shouldnt have blocked the names of the noble gases .. but I worked freakin hard on this, so too late to redo it.
so you should hold a periodic table on you


The periodic table is arranged so that all the S's, P's, D's and F's are together. AIN'T THAT NEAT ?!
I did the colors like how it is in our periodic table. All the elements in the shaded purple area, are S's, all the elements in the shaded orange area are D's, and so on.

Lets take this slowly.
Look at the element you want to name
1)You start at the first noble gas before that element (see diagram/periodic table)
- and the journey begins!
2)You write down your journey from the noble gas, to your element.
HOW DO YOU DO THAT?!
- every color you pass by, is a checkpoint. At the checkpoint, you write the row number (black numbers on the side),
3) then you write whats shown above it. =) .. ..
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EXAMPLE If you didn't understand anything up there, ignore it, and you'll get it here. (hopefully)
Look at the oxygen example I did up there.
1) The noble gas before oxygen, is HELIUM
[He]
2) Now on your journey you go till the end of the purple area. CHECKPOINT!.
At Be, Look to your right, "2" then above you "s^2"
[He] 2s^2
3) Now move to the yellow area, and reach the finish line! O!
Go to the O, look to your right/left "2" look above you "p^4"
[He] 2s^2 2p^4
Hense, :
Lets do two more examples.
Oxygen was easy.
Lets do a medium,
THEN A HARD!

EXAMPLE 2: Gallium
1) Noble Gas: Ar
[Ar]
2) Purple Checkpoint
[Ar] 4s^2
3) Orange Check Point
[Ar] 4s^2 3d^10
4) Finish line
[Ar] 4s^2 3d^10 4p^1:



EXAMPLE 3: Gold
1) Noble Gas
[Xe]
2) Purple Checkpoint
[Xe] 6s^2
3) GREEN CHECKPOINT
[Xe] 6s^2 4f^14
4) Finish line
[Xe] 6s^2 4f^14 6d^9:



*DON'T FORGET THE GREEN AREA! The F's! It fits in after Barium, number 57 =)*




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