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Addition of the next electron and proton to produce a beryllium atom completes the subshell with n = 2, l = 0.
The next electron must align antiparallel in accordance with the Pauli exclusion principle, and thus two 4f electrons are paired.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Addition of the next electron and proton to produce a beryllium atom completes the subshell with n = 2, l = 0.
Thus, after argon, the next electron enters the 4s orbital, not a 3d orbital, giving the configuration [Ar]4s1 for potassium, where [Ar] represents the configuration of argon.
Once an electron has been removed, there are fewer electrons to repel one another in the cation, so more work must be done to drag the next electron away from the nucleus.
As you move up through the periodic table, each electron you add "fills up" an energy level, meaning that the next electron must go into a higher state if you took chemistry in high school or college, and remember drawing arrays of little up and down arrows, that's Pauli exclusion in action.
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