Q. The total number of electrons present in all the ‘$s$’ orbitals, all the ‘$p$’ orbitals and all the ‘$d$’ orbitals of cesium ion are respectively

A) 8, 26, 10
B) 10, 24, 20
C) 8, 22, 24
D) 12, 20, 22
Explanation

(b)
The atomic number of cesium is 55. The electronic configuration of cesium atom is
$\ _{55}Cs = 1s^{2},2s^{2}2p^{6},3s^{2}3p^{6},4s^{2},{3d}^{10}4p^{6},5s^{2},4d^{10},5p^{6},6s^{1}$
The electronic configuration of cesium atom is
$Cs^{+} = 1s^{2},2s^{2}2p^{6},3s^{2}3p^{6}3d^{10},4s^{2}4p^{6}4d^{10},5s^{2}5p^{6},6s^{0}$
So, the total number of $s$-electrons =10,
The total number of $p$-electrons=24,
The total number of $d$-electrons=20

Dr. Abubacker
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