April 20 2011- Electron Configuration

Herrroooooo.  You guessed it its me again Wes.  So about electron configuration...you can do it the bottom, boring, lame super duper hard way.  Or you can do it the easy way in the video at the bottom, your choice really.  Cheers.


So the first way, which is lame in my opinion is, you write then how the arrows go down.  So you start with 1s then 2s then 2p then 3s then 3p then 4s and so on.  Remember this: the maximum amount of electrons in each shell are 2 for s, 6 for p, 10 for d, and 14 for f. 

This way is easier since its more visual.