Question

What do you understand by electronic configuration?

Answer 1

Electronic configuration is defined as the systematic distribution or arrangement of electrons into various shells (K, L, M, N), subshells (s, p, d, f), and atomic orbitals around the nucleus of an atom. For example, the electronic configuration of Carbon (Z = 6) is written as 2, 4 (or 1s²2s²2p²).