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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

(6.) No. of unpaired electrons in Cr3+ ion -(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

Profile image of deepak kumhar
9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
9 Years ago
The configuration for Cr3+ is => 4s1 3d5
after removing the three elctrons the configuration becomes => 3d3.
Therfore there would be 3 unpaired electron filling would be decided by Hunds and Afbauu’s principle rule.
Profile image of ankit singh
5 Years ago

Electronic configuration of cr is ⤵️

➡️ 1s2, 2s2 ,2p6 ,3s2 ,3p6 ,3d3.

__therefore there would be 3 unpaired electron