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ELI5: How is Palladium able to cram all its electrons into it's first 4 valence shells, but the elements both above AND below it are forced to use their 5th shell? :
![SOLVED:Palladium (Pd ; Z=46) is diamagnetic. Draw partial orbital diagrams to show which of the following electron configurations is consistent with this fact: (a) [Kr] 5 s^2 4 d^8 (b) [Kr] 4 SOLVED:Palladium (Pd ; Z=46) is diamagnetic. Draw partial orbital diagrams to show which of the following electron configurations is consistent with this fact: (a) [Kr] 5 s^2 4 d^8 (b) [Kr] 4](https://cdn.numerade.com/ask_previews/69203cb9-9822-4ae1-a1a9-ff8aa8327cfb.gif)
SOLVED:Palladium (Pd ; Z=46) is diamagnetic. Draw partial orbital diagrams to show which of the following electron configurations is consistent with this fact: (a) [Kr] 5 s^2 4 d^8 (b) [Kr] 4
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![SOLVED:Palladium (Pd ; Z=46) is diamagnetic. Draw partial orbital diagrams to show which of the following electron configurations is consistent with this fact: (a) [Kr] 5 s^2 4 d^8 (b) [Kr] 4 SOLVED:Palladium (Pd ; Z=46) is diamagnetic. Draw partial orbital diagrams to show which of the following electron configurations is consistent with this fact: (a) [Kr] 5 s^2 4 d^8 (b) [Kr] 4](https://cdn.numerade.com/previews/e38b000c-53bc-4ae3-829b-85f1e3087009_large.jpg)