Which elements have #d# orbitals?

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Truong-Son N.
Feb 4, 2018

Guess? You have a #69%# of picking one if you close your eyes! Just point somewhere in the middle or bottom-right!

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How about all of the d-block metals?

Scandium through zinc, yttrium through cadmium, lanthanum, hafnium through thallium, actinium, and rutherfordium through copernicium?

How about post-transition metals?

Gallium through krypton, indium through xenon, thallium through radon, nihonium through oganesson?

How about lanthanides and actinides?

Cerium through lutetium? Thorium through lawrencium?

What's your pick? You got a #69%# of picking one at random!

I choose #"Ta"#, #"Ru"#, and #"Cu"# because.

  • #"Ta"# has electron configuration #[Xe] 4f^14 5d^3 6s^2#
  • #"Ru"# has electron configuration #[Kr] 4d^7 5s^1#
  • #"Cu"# has electron configuration #[Ar] 3d^10 4s^1#

There, three elements that have #d# orbitals.

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