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JEE Main 2021Thermodynamics (C) Question with Solution

JEE Main 2021 (27 Aug Shift 1)

Question

The number of f electrons in the ground state electronic configuration of Np(Z=93) is ______ .(Integer answer)

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Show full solutionCorrect answer: 18
Correct answer
18

Step-by-step explanation

1s22 s22p63 s23p64 s23 d104p65 s24 d105p66 s24f145 d106p67 s25f46d1

 Np93=Rn865f46 d17 s2

Total no. of electron in f subshell =14 in 4f and 4 in 5f subshell =18e-

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