Electronic configuration of berkelium

97Bk
Berkelium
[Rn] 5f9 7s2
Full: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 4f14 5s2 5p6 5d10 5f9 6s2 6p6 7s2

Electrons in each shell

2K shell8L shell18M shell32N shell27O shell8P shell2Q shell

Berkelium has 97 electrons arranged as 2, 8, 18, 32, 27, 8, 2 across 7 shells, which is why it sits in period 7.

How to write it

Start from the previous noble gas core, written in square brackets, then add the remaining electrons in filling order. For berkelium that gives [Rn] 5f9 7s2.

Berkelium at a glance

Atomic number97
SymbolBk
Atomic mass247 u
Groupf-block (no group number)
Period7
Blockf-block
CategoryActinide
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