JEE Advanced Chemistry question

The electronic configuration of Gd (At. no. 64) is

(A)
(B)Correct
(C)
(D)

Answer: (B)

Solution

Gadolinium (Z = 64) is an exception to the general -filling pattern of the lanthanides: instead of adding the 8th electron to , the atom prefers to keep the subshell exactly

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