{"id":185378,"date":"2025-01-22T13:13:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T13:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=185378"},"modified":"2025-01-22T13:13:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T13:13:23","slug":"below-is-the-orbital-diagram-for-arsenic-33as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/22\/below-is-the-orbital-diagram-for-arsenic-33as\/","title":{"rendered":"Below Is The Orbital Diagram For Arsenic (33As)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below Is The Orbital Diagram For Arsenic (33As), Which Has A Ground Electron Configuration Of [Ar]4s2 3d10 4p3 .Give The Four Quantum Numbers For The Electron In The Red Box<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-397.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-185379\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine the four quantum numbers for the electron in the red box of the arsenic (As) orbital diagram, we first need to identify the specific electron&#8217;s position within the atom&#8217;s electron configuration. Arsenic has an atomic number of 33, indicating it possesses 33 electrons. Its ground-state electron configuration is [Ar] 4s\u00b2 3d\u00b9\u2070 4p\u00b3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The notation [Ar] represents the electron configuration of argon, accounting for the first 18 electrons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1s\u00b2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2s\u00b2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2p\u2076<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3s\u00b2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3p\u2076<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond argon, the remaining 15 electrons are arranged as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4s\u00b2: 2 electrons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3d\u00b9\u2070: 10 electrons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4p\u00b3: 3 electrons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In orbital diagrams, each box represents an orbital, and arrows within these boxes denote electrons with specific spins. The 4p subshell contains three orbitals (4p\u2093, 4p_y, and 4p_z), each capable of holding two electrons. According to Hund&#8217;s rule, electrons occupy degenerate orbitals singly before pairing. Therefore, the three electrons in the 4p subshell will each occupy separate orbitals, all with parallel spins (typically represented as upward arrows).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assuming the red box highlights the first electron in the 4p\u2093 orbital, we can assign its four quantum numbers as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Principal Quantum Number (n):<\/strong> Indicates the electron&#8217;s energy level. For the 4p subshell, n = 4.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Azimuthal Quantum Number (l):<\/strong> Defines the subshell and the shape of the orbital. For p orbitals, l = 1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Magnetic Quantum Number (m\u2097):<\/strong> Specifies the specific orbital within the subshell. The possible values for m\u2097 range from -l to +l. For p orbitals (l = 1), m\u2097 can be -1, 0, or +1. Assigning m\u2097 = -1 to the 4p\u2093 orbital is a common convention.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Spin Quantum Number (m\u209b):<\/strong> Denotes the electron&#8217;s spin direction. Since the electron is unpaired and typically assigned an upward spin in this context, m\u209b = +\u00bd.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, the four quantum numbers for the electron in the red box are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>n = 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>l = 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>m\u2097 = -1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>m\u209b = +\u00bd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These quantum numbers uniquely describe the specified electron&#8217;s position and properties within the arsenic atom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below Is The Orbital Diagram For Arsenic (33As), Which Has A Ground Electron Configuration Of [Ar]4s2 3d10 4p3 .Give The Four Quantum Numbers For The Electron In The Red Box The Correct Answer and Explanation is : To determine the four quantum numbers for the electron in the red box of the arsenic (As) orbital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}