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24 June, 01:58

Which element has a partially filled F orbital?

Sm

Os

Ba

Bi

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  1. 24 June, 02:07
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    Sm

    For an element to have a partially filled f orbital, it will have to have an f orbital in the first place, this cancels barium, as it is the lightest of the elements listed:

    Barium does not have an f orbital: [Xe]6s^2 or 1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 4s^2 3d^10 4p^6 5s^2 4d^10 5p^6 6s^2

    Sm: [Xe] 4f6 6s2 Does have an f orbital AND they are partially filled (the F subshell has the potential to hold 14 electrons, but Sm only holds 6 electrons on its F subshell, therefore the electrons, by the rule of maximum multiplicity, in which the electrons will try to occupy orbitals by themselves first (the F subshell has 7 orbitals because 14/2 = 7), it leaves the f subshell with partially filled orbitals.

    Os: Xe 4f14 5d6 6s2 all occupied f orbitals

    Bi: Xe 4f14 5d10 6s2 6p3 Has full F orbitals
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