Bug 185514

Summary: desired feature: ground state electron configuration
Product: [Applications] kalzium Reporter: Krishna Myneni <krishnamyneni>
Component: generalAssignee: Kalzium Developers <kalzium>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
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Platform: Debian stable   
OS: Linux   
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Description Krishna Myneni 2009-02-25 11:40:38 UTC 
Version:           1.4.6 (using KDE 3.5.10)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Debian stable Packages

Provide an option to show the ground state electron configuration for an element, e.g.

H (Hydrogen) 1s(1) 
He (Helium)  1s(2) 
Li (Lithium) 1s(2)2s(2)
:
Cr (Chromium) 1s(2)2s(2)2p(6)3s(2)3p(6)3d(5)4s(1)
etc.

Usually, the numbers in parentheses are written as superscripts, and their sum is equal to the number of electrons in the neutral atom (i.e. the atomic number).  This information would be very helpful to a high-school chemistry student, or one at a more advanced level. The shell filling order is also non-obvious once you get past the element argon.