Electronic configuration of nobelium

102No
Nobelium
[Rn] 5f14 7s2
Full: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 4f14 5s2 5p6 5d10 5f14 6s2 6p6 7s2

Electrons in each shell

2K shell8L shell18M shell32N shell32O shell8P shell2Q shell

Nobelium has 102 electrons arranged as 2, 8, 18, 32, 32, 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 nobelium that gives [Rn] 5f14 7s2.

Nobelium at a glance

Atomic number102
SymbolNo
Atomic mass259 u
Groupf-block (no group number)
Period7
Blockf-block
CategoryActinide
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