(a) What are the electron configurations of the ground states of lithium (Z = 3), sodium (Z...

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(a) What are the electron configurations of the ground states of lithium (Z = 3), sodium (Z = 11), and potassium (Z = 19)?
(b) Why are these elements placed in the same column of the periodic table?
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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