List of Elements With Electrons Per Shell
The list below gives the elements arranged by increasing atomic number and shows the number of electrons per shell. At a glance, one can see that subsets of the list show obvious patterns. In particular, the seven elements (in electric blue) before a noble gas (group 18, in yellow) higher than helium have the number of electrons in the valence shell in arithmetic progression. (However, this pattern may break down in the seventh period due to relativistic effects.)
Sorting the table by chemical group shows additional patterns, especially with respect to the last two outermost shells. (Elements 57 to 71 belong to the lanthanides, while 89 to 103 are the actinides.)
The list below is primarily consistent with the Aufbau principle. However, there are a number of exceptions to the rule; for example palladium (atomic number 46) has no electrons in the fifth shell, unlike other atoms with lower atomic number. Some entries in the table are uncertain, when experimental data is unavailable. (For example, some atoms have such short half-life that it is impossible to measure their electron configurations).
Z | Element | No. of electrons/shell | Group |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Hydrogen | 1 | 1 |
2 | Helium | 2 | 18 |
3 | Lithium | 2, 1 | 1 |
4 | Beryllium | 2, 2 | 2 |
5 | Boron | 2, 3 | 13 |
6 | Carbon | 2, 4 | 14 |
7 | Nitrogen | 2, 5 | 15 |
8 | Oxygen | 2, 6 | 16 |
9 | Fluorine | 2, 7 | 17 |
10 | Neon | 2, 8 | 18 |
11 | Sodium | 2, 8, 1 | 1 |
12 | Magnesium | 2, 8, 2 | 2 |
13 | Aluminium | 2, 8, 3 | 13 |
14 | Silicon | 2, 8, 4 | 14 |
15 | Phosphorus | 2, 8, 5 | 15 |
16 | Sulfur | 2, 8, 6 | 16 |
17 | Chlorine | 2, 8, 7 | 17 |
18 | Argon | 2, 8, 8 | 18 |
19 | Potassium | 2, 8, 8, 1 | 1 |
20 | Calcium | 2, 8, 8, 2 | 2 |
21 | Scandium | 2, 8, 9, 2 | 3 |
22 | Titanium | 2, 8, 10, 2 | 4 |
23 | Vanadium | 2, 8, 11, 2 | 5 |
24 | Chromium | 2, 8, 13, 1 | 6 |
25 | Manganese | 2, 8, 13, 2 | 7 |
26 | Iron | 2, 8, 14, 2 | 8 |
27 | Cobalt | 2, 8, 15, 2 | 9 |
28 | Nickel | 2, 8, 16, 2 | 10 |
29 | Copper | 2, 8, 18, 1 | 11 |
30 | Zinc | 2, 8, 18, 2 | 12 |
31 | Gallium | 2, 8, 18, 3 | 13 |
32 | Germanium | 2, 8, 18, 4 | 14 |
33 | Arsenic | 2, 8, 18, 5 | 15 |
34 | Selenium | 2, 8, 18, 6 | 16 |
35 | Bromine | 2, 8, 18, 7 | 17 |
36 | Krypton | 2, 8, 18, 8 | 18 |
37 | Rubidium | 2, 8, 18, 8, 1 | 1 |
38 | Strontium | 2, 8, 18, 8, 2 | 2 |
39 | Yttrium | 2, 8, 18, 9, 2 | 3 |
40 | Zirconium | 2, 8, 18, 10, 2 | 4 |
41 | Niobium | 2, 8, 18, 12, 1 | 5 |
42 | Molybdenum | 2, 8, 18, 13, 1 | 6 |
43 | Technetium | 2, 8, 18, 13, 2 | 7 |
44 | Ruthenium | 2, 8, 18, 15, 1 | 8 |
45 | Rhodium | 2, 8, 18, 16, 1 | 9 |
46 | Palladium | 2, 8, 18, 18 | 10 |
47 | Silver | 2, 8, 18, 18, 1 | 11 |
48 | Cadmium | 2, 8, 18, 18, 2 | 12 |
49 | Indium | 2, 8, 18, 18, 3 | 13 |
50 | Tin | 2, 8, 18, 18, 4 | 14 |
51 | Antimony | 2, 8, 18, 18, 5 | 15 |
52 | Tellurium | 2, 8, 18, 18, 6 | 16 |
53 | Iodine | 2, 8, 18, 18, 7 | 17 |
54 | Xenon | 2, 8, 18, 18, 8 | 18 |
55 | Caesium | 2, 8, 18, 18, 8, 1 | 1 |
56 | Barium | 2, 8, 18, 18, 8, 2 | 2 |
57 | Lanthanum | 2, 8, 18, 18, 9, 2 | |
58 | Cerium | 2, 8, 18, 19, 9, 2 | |
59 | Praseodymium | 2, 8, 18, 21, 8, 2 | |
60 | Neodymium | 2, 8, 18, 22, 8, 2 | |
61 | Promethium | 2, 8, 18, 23, 8, 2 | |
62 | Samarium | 2, 8, 18, 24, 8, 2 | |
63 | Europium | 2, 8, 18, 25, 8, 2 | |
64 | Gadolinium | 2, 8, 18, 25, 9, 2 | |
65 | Terbium | 2, 8, 18, 27, 8, 2 | |
66 | Dysprosium | 2, 8, 18, 28, 8, 2 | |
67 | Holmium | 2, 8, 18, 29, 8, 2 | |
68 | Erbium | 2, 8, 18, 30, 8, 2 | |
69 | Thulium | 2, 8, 18, 31, 8, 2 | |
70 | Ytterbium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 8, 2 | |
71 | Lutetium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 9, 2 | 3 |
72 | Hafnium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 10, 2 | 4 |
73 | Tantalum | 2, 8, 18, 32, 11, 2 | 5 |
74 | Tungsten | 2, 8, 18, 32, 12, 2 | 6 |
75 | Rhenium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 13, 2 | 7 |
76 | Osmium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 14, 2 | 8 |
77 | Iridium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 15, 2 | 9 |
78 | Platinum | 2, 8, 18, 32, 17, 1 | 10 |
79 | Gold | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 1 | 11 |
80 | Mercury | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 2 | 12 |
81 | Thallium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 3 | 13 |
82 | Lead | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 4 | 14 |
83 | Bismuth | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 5 | 15 |
84 | Polonium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 6 | 16 |
85 | Astatine | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 7 | 17 |
86 | Radon | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 8 | 18 |
87 | Francium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 8, 1 | 1 |
88 | Radium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 8, 2 | 2 |
89 | Actinium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 9, 2 | |
90 | Thorium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 18, 10, 2 | |
91 | Protactinium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 20, 9, 2 | |
92 | Uranium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 21, 9, 2 | |
93 | Neptunium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 22, 9, 2 | |
94 | Plutonium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 24, 8, 2 | |
95 | Americium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 25, 8, 2 | |
96 | Curium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 25, 9, 2 | |
97 | Berkelium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 27, 8, 2 | |
98 | Californium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 28, 8, 2 | |
99 | Einsteinium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 29, 8, 2 | |
100 | Fermium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 30, 8, 2 | |
101 | Mendelevium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 31, 8, 2 | |
102 | Nobelium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 8, 2 | |
103 | Lawrencium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 8, 3 (?) | 3 |
104 | Rutherfordium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 10, 2 (?) | 4 |
105 | Dubnium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 11, 2 (?) | 5 |
106 | Seaborgium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 12, 2 (?) | 6 |
107 | Bohrium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 13, 2 (?) | 7 |
108 | Hassium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 14, 2 (?) | 8 |
109 | Meitnerium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 15, 2 (?) | 9 |
110 | Darmstadtium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 16, 2 (?) | 10 |
111 | Roentgenium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 17, 2 (?) | 11 |
112 | Copernicium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 2 (?) | 12 |
113 | Ununtrium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 3 (?) | 13 |
114 | Flerovium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 4 (?) | 14 |
115 | Ununpentium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 5 (?) | 15 |
116 | Livermorium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 6 (?) | 16 |
117 | Ununseptium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 7 (?) | 17 |
118 | Ununoctium | 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 18, 8 (?) | 18 |
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