QUESTION 44 4 points Save Answer Answer the following questions. Since you canno

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QUESTION 44 4 points Save Answer Answer the following questions. Since you cannot do superscripts or subscripts in a fill in the blank question, please place a space between the orbitals like this: 1s2 2s2 2p6 What is the ground-state electronic configuration for an atom of gallium? Is the atom paramagnetic or diamagnetic? What is the ground-state electronic configuration for the ion we would predict for gallium using its position on the periodic table? . Is the ion paramagnetic or diamagnetic? Each electronic configuration is 37.5% of the points, and each second part is 12.5% of the points.

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1) The ground state electronic configuration for an atom of Gallium is 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p1

2) Gallium is slightly paramagnetic in nature due to unpaired electron in p-orbital. Weak paramagnetism is due to completely filled d-orbital.

3) Gallium can exist as 3+ oxidation state. So its ground state electronic configuration will be

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10

4) So, it will be dimagnetic in nature due to filled d-orbital and no unpaired electrons.

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