The electronic configurations of Eu (Atomic no. 63 ), Gd (Atomic no. 64 ) and Tb (Atomic no. 65 ) are:

The electronic configurations of Eu (Atomic no. 63), Gd (Atomic no. 64) and Tb (Atomic no. 65) are:
  1. Xe4f76s2 , Xe4f86s2 and Xe4f85d16s2
  2. Xe4f65d16s2 , Xe4f75d16s2 and Xe4f96s2
  3. Xe4f65d16s2 , Xe4f75d16s2 and Xe4f85d16s2
  4. Xe4f76s2 , Xe4f75d16s2 and Xe4f96s2

Solution

The electronic configurations of Eu (Atomic no. 63), Gd (Atomic no. 64) and Tb (Atomic no. 65) are:
Eu-Xe4f7, 6s2

Gd-Xe4f7,5d1,6s2
Tb-Xe4f9,6s2

Asked in: NEET 2016 (Phase 1)

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