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Q.Which of the following is the ground state electronic configuration of Cr? (Atomic number of Cr is 24)

(a) 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶3d⁴4s²
(b) 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶3d⁵4s¹
(c) 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶3d⁶
(d) 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶3d³4s²4p¹
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Chromium (Z = 24) does not follow the simple Aufbau filling; it adopts 3d54s13d^5 4s^1 instead of 3d44s23d^4 4s^2 because a half-filled dd subshell is extra stable.

For Z = 24, the naive Aufbau order predicts 1s22s22p63s23p63d44s21s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 3d^4 4s^2 (option a). However, chromium is one of the classic exceptions taught with the d-block elements: a configuration with a half-filled 3d53d^5 and a half-filled 4s14s^1 is lower in energy than 3d44s23d^4 4s^2.

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