{"id":29080,"date":"2025-06-20T19:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=29080"},"modified":"2025-06-20T19:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:16:03","slug":"what-is-the-electron-configuration-for-silver-in-the-ground-state-for-ag2-and-for-ag1-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/what-is-the-electron-configuration-for-silver-in-the-ground-state-for-ag2-and-for-ag1-6\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the electron configuration for silver in the ground state, for Ag2+ and for Ag1+? 6."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the electron configuration for silver in the ground state, for Ag2+ and for Ag1+? 6. What is the name of the element in the ground state with the shorthand electron configuration of [Kr]5s24d105p4? Is this element paramagnetic or diamagnetic? Illustrate with a box diagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-113.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-113.png 700w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-113-300x114.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Certainly. Here are the answers to the questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. Electron configuration for silver:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ground-state silver (Ag):<\/strong> [Kr] 4d\u00b9\u2070 5s\u00b9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ag\u207a (silver(I) ion):<\/strong> [Kr] 4d\u00b9\u2070<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ag\u00b2\u207a (silver(II) ion):<\/strong> [Kr] 4d\u2079<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. Element with configuration [Kr] 5s\u00b2 4d\u00b9\u2070 5p\u2074:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Element:<\/strong> Tellurium (Te)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Paramagnetic or diamagnetic:<\/strong> <strong>Paramagnetic<\/strong>, since there are unpaired electrons in the 5p orbital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Box diagram for tellurium:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>5s:  \u2191\u2193  \n4d:  \u2191\u2193 \u2191\u2193 \u2191\u2193 \u2191\u2193 \u2191\u2193  \n5p:  \u2191\u2193 \u2191  \u2191  \n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silver (Ag), atomic number 47, has a unique electron configuration: [Kr] 4d\u00b9\u2070 5s\u00b9. This configuration reflects the extra stability of a completely filled 4d subshell and a singly occupied 5s orbital, which is energetically more favorable than the expected [Kr] 4d\u2079 5s\u00b2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When silver loses one electron to form Ag\u207a, the 5s electron is removed, resulting in [Kr] 4d\u00b9\u2070. This ion is particularly stable due to the filled d-subshell. If another electron is removed to form Ag\u00b2\u207a, one electron from the 4d subshell is lost, yielding [Kr] 4d\u2079, which is less stable because it disrupts the filled d-subshell arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second problem identifies the element with shorthand configuration [Kr] 5s\u00b2 4d\u00b9\u2070 5p\u2074. This corresponds to <strong>tellurium (Te)<\/strong>, which is element 52. The 5p subshell can hold six electrons, and tellurium\u2019s configuration indicates four electrons occupying the three 5p orbitals. By Hund\u2019s rule, electrons fill orbitals singly before pairing. Therefore, the 5p orbitals contain two paired and two unpaired electrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because tellurium has unpaired electrons, it is <strong>paramagnetic<\/strong>. Paramagnetism arises from the presence of unpaired spins that align with an external magnetic field. In contrast, diamagnetic substances contain only paired electrons and are weakly repelled by magnetic fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The box diagram confirms this: two orbitals in the 5p subshell are singly occupied, illustrating the unpaired nature of those electrons. These unpaired electrons are what give tellurium its paramagnetic character, distinguishing it from diamagnetic elements that have all their spins paired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner10-152.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner10-152.jpeg 722w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner10-152-212x300.jpeg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the electron configuration for silver in the ground state, for Ag2+ and for Ag1+? 6. What is the name of the element in the ground state with the shorthand electron configuration of [Kr]5s24d105p4? Is this element paramagnetic or diamagnetic? Illustrate with a box diagram. The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Certainly. 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