Bohrium belongs to the 7th period and group 7 in the periodic table. Let us discuss the electronic configuration of Bohrium in this article.
The electronic configuration of Bohrium (symbol Bh) is 1s22s²2p⁶3s² 3p⁶4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶ 5s² 4d¹⁰ 5p⁶ 6s2 4f14 5d10 6p6 5f14 6d5 7s2. Bohrium is classified as a super heavy, radioactive, synthetic element that belongs to the 6d transition series.
Bohrium electronic configuration facts such as its electronic configuration & orbital diagram in the ground state as well as the excited state are discussed in this article.
How to write bohrium electron configuration
The electrons of the bohrium atom will be filled in the orbitals following certain rules. Bohrium electron configuration is written following the below steps.
- Finding the total shell number (here, Bh has a total 7 electron shell)
- Next, orbitals (s, p, d, and f) are written in a sequence of 1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 3d 4s 4p 4d 4f 5s 5p 5d 5f 6s 6p 6d and 7s.
- Then, subscripts are assigned according to the number of electrons placed in each orbital following their maximum capacity (maximum capacity of s, p, d & f are 2, 6, 10 & 14 respectively) and also following Hund’s rule.
- Finally, the bohrium electron configuration is written in ascending order of the electron shells is 1s22s²2p⁶3s² 3p⁶3d¹⁰ 4s² 4p⁶4d¹⁰ 4f14 5s² 5p⁶ 5d10 5f14 6s2 6p6 6d5 7s2.
Bohrium electron configuration diagram
The electronic distribution of 107 electrons in bohrium is depicted as 1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 4s, 3d, 4p, 5s, 4d, 5p, 6s, 4f, 5d, 6p, 7s, 5f, and 6d orbitals are filled with a capacity of 2, 2, 6, 2, 6, 2, 10, 6, 2, 10, 6, 2, 14, 10, 6, 2,14 and 5 electrons respectively following Aufbau’s principle. So, the diagram will be
Following this above diagram, the electronic configuration of Bh is written in ascending order of orbital energies as 1s22s²2p⁶3s² 3p⁶4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶ 5s² 4d¹⁰ 5p⁶ 6s2 4f14 5d10 6p6 7s2 5f14 6d5.
Bohrium electron configuration notation
The bohrium electronic configuration notation is [Rn] 5f14 6d5 7s2.
Bohrium unabbreviated electron configuration
The unabbreviated electron configuration of bohrium is 1s22s²2p⁶3s² 3p⁶4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶ 5s² 4d¹⁰ 5p⁶ 6s2 4f14 5d10 6p6 5f14 6d5 7s2 which does not include noble gas configuration for describing the inner shell electrons.
Ground state bohrium electron configuration
The ground state electronic configuration of Bh is [Rn] 5f14 6d5 7s2 which corresponds to the lowest electronic energy level .
Excited state of bohrium electron configuration
The excited state of bohrium electron configuration is [Rn] 5f14 6d4 7s2 7p1.
Ground state bohrium orbital diagram
The ground state orbital diagram of the bohrium shows the filling of electrons in the shells around the bohrium nucleus in the pattern 2.8.18.32.32.13.2 which is as follows
Conclusion
It can be concluded that Bohrium, which consists of 107 electrons, in the ground state has filled orbitals except for the 6d orbital.
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