Question 3 • TX-Chemistry A
The notation [Ne]3s²3p⁶ uses the symbol of the previous noble gas, neon, to represent argon’s inner electrons. This abbreviated form is called noble-gas notation; longhand notation spells out every occupied subshell, such as 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶.
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