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Gadolinium has eight unpaired electrons, the greatest number of any lanthanide element.
a. Draw an orbital box diagram depicting the ground-state electron configuration of Gd based upon its number of unpaired electrons.
b. Predict the most common oxidation state for Gd. What is the ground-state electron configuration of the most common oxidation state?
(a) Write an electron configuration for silver.
(b) How many d electrons are in the Ag atom?
(c) Write the condensed electron configuration for Ag+.