Which of the following have the same electron arrangement?
Answer:
2) C
In order to answer the question, we only need to find out how many electrons each of the species have in their atom.
The (₁₇ Cl⁻) has 17 protons. Since it has a charge of (-1), it must have one more electron than proton.
Therefore it has 18 electrons.
The (₁₇ Cl⁺) has 17 protons. Since it has a charge of (+1), it must have one more proton than electron.
Therefore it has 16 electrons.
The (₁₈ Ar) has 18 protons. Since it has no charge, it must have equal number of electron and proton.
Therefore it has 18 electrons.
The (₁₉ K⁺) has 19 protons. Since it has a charge of (+1), it must have one more proton than electron.
Therefore it has 18 electrons.
The (₂₀ Ca⁺) has 20 protons. Since it has a charge of (+1), it must have one more proton than electron.
Therefore it has 19 electrons.
The (₁₉ K⁻) has 19 protons. Since it has a charge of (-1), it must have one more electron than proton.
Therefore it has 20 electrons.
The only species which have the same electronic arrangement are (₁₇ Cl⁻), (₁₈ Ar) and (₁₉ K⁺) [all having 18 electrons]
Hence C is the answer.