Question

What is the electron configuration for an atom of germanium

Answer 1

Germanium has atomic number 32 and is in Row 4, Group 14 of the Periodic Table

That means its shell configuration is 2, 8, 8, 14.

Its electron configuration is then

`[\text{Ge}]\underbrace{\hbox{1s$^(2)$}} _{\hbox{2}} \underbrace{\hbox{2s$^(2)$2p$^(6)$}}_{\hbox{8}}\underbrace{\hbox{3s$^(2)$3p$^(6)$}}_{\hbox{8}}\underbrace{\hbox{4s$^(2)$3d$^(10)$4p$^(2)$}}_{\hbox{14}}`