General Chemistry 10th Edition

by Ebbing, Darrell; Gammon, Steven D.

Published by Cengage Learning

ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8

ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 8 - Electron Configurations and Periodicity - Questions and Problems - Page 332: 8.80

Answer

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Work Step by Step

We can write the orbital diagram for ground state of Ruthenium as $\uparrow \downarrow \uparrow \downarrow \uparrow \uparrow \uparrow 4d \uparrow 5s$

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