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How many orbitals contain one or more electrons in an isolated ground state iron atom (Z = 26)?

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a

16

b

13

c

14

d

15

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

There are 15 orbitals contain one or more electrons in an isolated ground state iron atom (Z = 26)

Fe26=1s22s22p63s23p64s23d6

The number of the orbital in 1s,2s,2p,3s,3p,4s,3d are 1,1,3,1,3,1,5 

The sum of the orbitals are,

=1+1+3+1+3+1+5 =15

Hence, option C is correct.

 

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