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Electron Configuration and Periodic Table Overview

The document explains electron configuration, which represents the arrangement of electrons in an atom and is crucial for understanding atomic structure and chemical properties. It also describes the periodic table's organization into Groups and Periods, detailing the characteristics of each, including the classification of elements based on valence electrons and reactivity. There are 18 groups and 7 periods, with specific sections for various types of elements.

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Electron Configuration and Periodic Table Overview

The document explains electron configuration, which represents the arrangement of electrons in an atom and is crucial for understanding atomic structure and chemical properties. It also describes the periodic table's organization into Groups and Periods, detailing the characteristics of each, including the classification of elements based on valence electrons and reactivity. There are 18 groups and 7 periods, with specific sections for various types of elements.

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Saraswati Vidya Niketan

Integrated Science
Form 3

Electronic Configuration
The electron configuration is a way to represent how electrons are arranged in an atom. It
shows which energy levels (or shells) the electrons occupy and how many electrons are in each
shell. This notation helps us understand the structure of an atom, how it bonds with other atoms,
and its chemical properties. For example, the electron configuration of an atom with 8 electrons,
like oxygen, is written as 2, 6, meaning there are 2 electrons in the first shell and 6 in the second
shell.

Group and Period


There are mainly two sections to the periodic table: Groups and Periods
Groups:

1. The vertical rows are known as Groups.


2. There is a total of 18 groups in the periodic table.
3. The groups are differentiated on the basis of the number of valence electrons and the
level of reactivity.
4. The outermost electrons of all elements in the same group have the same chemical
behaviour.
5. Groups are distinguished into seven different sections: Alkali metals (Group 1), Alkaline
earth metals (Group 2), Transition metals (Group 3-12), Pnictogens (Group 15),
Chalcogens (Group 16), Halogens (Group 17), and Noble gases (Group 18).

Periods:

1. The horizontal rows of the periodic table are known as the Periods.
2. There is a total of seven different periods in the periodic table.
3. They are represented by the total number of outer electrons and have the same number of
electron shells.
4. All the periods show the successive filling of the orbitals in the valence shell and the
longest period shows the feeling of the d subshell orbitals.
5. The longest periods of the periodic table are Period 6 and Period 7.

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