Answer to Question #207536 in General Chemistry for Dayle

Question #207536

1. Draw the orbital diagram for the electronic configuration of atomic number 8. 

2. How many unpaired electrons does an oxygen atom possess? 



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Expert's answer
2021-06-17T05:49:02-0400



2 unpaired electrons

So from the orbital diagram of oxygen atom we can conclude that oxygen atom we can conclude that oxygen atom contains 2 unpaired electrons in orbit.


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