How to Write the Electron Configuration for an Element in Each Block

I'll go over how to write the electron configuration both the full electron configuration and condensed/abbreviated noble gas electron configuration. Plus I'll include an example from each block, s block, p block, d block, and the f block! This should help you get ready on your next quiz or test on electron configuration.
📗 FREE CHEMISTRY SURVIVAL GUIDE
melissa.help/freechemguide
📘 FREE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY SURVIVAL GUIDE
melissa.help/freeochemguide
💯 HERE'S HOW TO PASS ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 🎉
chemmunity.info/youtube
👉 MORE CHEMISTRY RESOURCES I CREATED 👈
melissamaribel.com/
🎓 CHECKOUT MY COMPLETE CHEMISTRY GUIDES:
📕 Thermochemistry Guide
melissa.help/thermonotes
📗 Acids and Bases Guide
melissa.help/acidbase1notes
📘 Naming Compounds and Acids Guide
melissa.help/namingnotes
📙 Dimensional Analysis, Significant Figures, and Density Guide
melissa.help/sigfignotes
📕 Gas Laws Guide
melissa.help/gaslawsnotes
📗 Stoichiometry Guide
melissa.help/stoichnotes
📘 Redox Reactions Guide
melissa.help/redoxnotes
📙 Molarity Guide
melissa.help/molaritynotes
📕 Limiting Reactants Guide
melissa.help/limreactnotes
📗 Lewis Structures Guide
melissa.help/lewisnotes
📘 Kinetics Guide
melissa.help/kineticsnotes
📙 Titrations Guide
melissa.help/titrations
📕 Matter, Atomic Structure, Empirical and Molecular Formulas Guide
melissa.help/matterguide
🙌 This was my go-to homework help when I was in school. Chegg Study is one of my favorites.
melissa.help/cheggstudy
📚 I made the mistake of buying all of my textbooks, I wish I had the option of renting them. Thankfully you do, with Chegg Textbook Rentals.
melissa.help/cheggbooks
💁‍♀️ HI I'M MELISSA MARIBEL
I help students pass Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. I used to struggle with this subject, so when I finally graduated with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry, I became a tutor so that you wouldn't have to struggle like I did. I know that with the right help, YOU CAN LEARN ANYTHING!
DISCLAIMER: Some links in the description are affiliate links, which means that if you buy from those links, I’ll receive a small commission. This helps support the channel and allows me to continue making videos like this. Thanks for the support!

[@melissamaribel]

READ THIS!!! 1) Correction at 1:16 it should have been 6s not 6d after the 5p so it's 5p, 6s, 4f 2) If this video didn't make complete sense then watch this newer one ➡️kzbin.info/www/bejne/poukpIhracSZgJo

[@hime_ichi]

hey! are the orders of the blocks S, P, D, F? i am confused

[@jimmychen253]

@@hime_ichi Just go through the periodic table by lines and you find out what the order is and yes the order is S, P, D, and F but when you are doing electron configuration its a little bit different.

[@sorenhalvorson783]

exactly, you can't have 4d in there twice (I thing)

[@jedricrosales1475]

Thank you!! I was like why is ther 6d twice? Lol

[@AAA-vf2qr]

@@hime_ichi bit late but yeah i think so

[@oxiyne3487]

Who else is here after chemistry class because they either weren’t paying attention or didn’t understand🤚🏾

[@linoscult5251]

me right now 😀 currently in science class not understanding a thing .

[@deandreamann4472]

Meee

[@hamzahuzzama6404]

no wayyy

[@alazaealonzo5884]

meee i’m about to do my class work at home bc i didn’t understand it💀

[@elizabethdiaz6901]

Zoom meetings sucks

[@sraminc7664]

why cant teachers just play videos like this instead of wasting time and confusing us

[@chris2muchhh]

Date Mike right!

[@awvideos6154]

Yes!!!

[@workpual4251]

because they don't want.

[@st4pps]

Because there job is just to show us info not making us understand said info D:

[@workpual4251]

They don't want to make you understand, they want you to find out by yourself so they can save time for themself. They just want you not fail, because it will make them be fired.

[@jenny-iq6sw]

This is the most helpful thing ever. You taught me more in 7 minutes than a week in my chemistry class.

[@mcscroogeblox6174]

jesus christ we had to learn this in 5 minutes

[@lonevoyager6026]

So for 1s^2, the 1 is the principal quantum number, the is the angular momentum number, but what is the ^2?

[@ThreeSCIENCE_and_STEM]

😂 me 2

[@courtneyboulds]

I had no idea what this meant when my professor was lecturing us. I now completely understand it and it’s only been 5 minutes! You are literally going to save me in my chemistry class!

[@rebeccaandzacharysepicchan4493]

I must be stupid cause I still don’t get it after 1. Listening to the lecture 2. Asking the teacher 3. Watching this video

[@JJ-om5ux]

Saved my life too,I was so confused in class.

[@oliviaelledge5586]

i was about to have a mental breakdown before this video saved me

[@rmk9892]

bruh same

[@Jessica-lu8lw]

Omg I actually start crying when I was watching other KZbin videos about this

[@emmamandelbaum5630]

same i was literally crying for an hour

[@LuvieIrene]

@@Jessica-lu8lw aw i hope yall are fine now!

[@Jessica-lu8lw]

Luvie Irene ya. I’m good now. I’m not taking the class I needed this for anymore. Thank you!!!!!!

[@danielmillan6144]

Not even three minutes in the video and she already cleared everything up.

[@ruthdimgba585]

can I like this comment a couple more times please!

[@quandaledingle1911]

Literally what I thought. When she went to S I already understood everything but never did anywhere else

[@lonevoyager6026]

So for 1s^2, the 1 is the principal quantum number, the is the angular momentum number, but what is the ^2?

[@axelk.8275]

Oh my Lord, she explains it so well im legit shook by how simple it was watching n understanding

[@Jana-fv7jl]

Me :scrolling to the comment and finding ppl doing this in college : Me: WHY AM I LEARNING THIS FOR PREPARATION FOR SECONDARY

[@tejasvebhat8821]

galaxy mochi ikr

[@happyoctopus1416]

you do this in like highschool but you re learn it in college if you take a chem class

[@Kurosaka]

because it's very important as a foundation later on....trust me I'm in year 1 and this shit sticks with you

[@Nightkite]

same

[@user-og2zt8to7k]

Bro I’m doing this in 8th grade

[@kristencox1155]

Tell me why I learned electron configuration from this video but not from a 3 hour lecture . COLLEGE IS A SCAM

[@samiaj9458]

IT SURE FREAKING IS A SCAM

[@keethpoop9797]

Maybe its because your in college and in a basic chem class that high school sophmores take

[@MagentaApex]

@@keethpoop9797 In college you'll take Chemistry again for a lot of degrees

[@jairaarnett8265]

Mint Berry Crunch you still have to take it again for certain degrees duh

[@rawyld]

Tell me about it, Teachers try to explain it, but all we get is more questions and headaches.

[@CherruCake]

I left my notes and textbook at my locker and realize I have a quiz for this lesson in science, thank god I found your video I much understand it now :D

[@kazucat1293]

Hi Cherruu

[@lonevoyager6026]

So for 1s^2, the 1 is the principal quantum number, the is the angular momentum number, but what is the ^2?

[@pan1300]

Never realized how much information the periodic table can give you. Thank you so much !

[@m4ngekyo532]

my science teacher mumbles for 1hr and 30mins and I cant get a single thing this video mumbles for 7mins and I get it very well. THANK YOU

[@cinemoni]

love how colorful this video is!!

[@melissamaribel]

The bolder it is the more people stay awake 😂

[@GamingKaradi]

yep!

[@GamingKaradi]

@@melissamaribel really nice mellisa

[@avafarboud6638]

Tomorrow I have a chemistry test and I was so nervous bc I didn’t know how to do election configuration AT ALL and I thought I was going to fail. Then I watched this KZbin video and I felt relieved. Thank you so much💗🥀💗

[@melissamaribel]

Yay!! You are so welcome 💕Hope your test went well

[@ephraimdweller9963]

U sure it's chemistry? I think it's politics ☺

[@myliferocks6098]

@@ephraimdweller9963 lol 😂😂😂

[@strobirie]

Actually it is easy

[@kokoskygamer9931]

SAME!

[@centauri1939]

everyone: ahhhh this video taught me more than my professor and lecture! me, a year 10 student: well crap, how hard is my life gonna get

[@gihanae.6437]

i learned this in seven minutes..... my science teacher is quaking

[@sxrcya]

ong

[@paige6891]

You taught me more than my chem teacher did in two weeks, i finally understand, so maybe I'll pass my test tomorrow haha

[@Solaaaaa]

•paige • I literally just said the same thing to my mom

[@paige6891]

Btw, I got a 92 on my test-so thanks!!

[@sundiatakeitadude2177]

Please become my college chemistry teacher, I learned more from this video than the teacher took 2 hours to lecture LOL!

[@melissamaribel]

😂I wish I could!

[@elise2781]

This is the only thing confusing me in chem so far, i watched several other videos trying to explain it but none of them really broke it down enough. This helped me so much already in the first 3 mins of the vid than my lectures and those other vids! Thank you so much, i think i found my new chem tutor :)

[@Isabella-in3eq]

I was so overwhelmed with chemistry because I had no clue what was going on, just watched this and a wave of stress was lifted. You are amazing

[@rajvidharamshi2832]

I am the worlds slowest learner and I don't get the Chemistry concepts my teacher teaches us. Most of the kids understood except me. This video actually helped me so damn much. Better than a 50 min lecture. I don't usually subscribe to channels but this channel deserved a subscriber.

[@melissamaribel]

Happy Chemistry is making sense! 😊

[@lonevoyager6026]

So for 1s^2, the 1 is the principal quantum number, the is the angular momentum number, but what is the ^2?

[@ar_th]

Me too Im a visual learner so my teachers only talking abt it doesn’t help much

[@brilz]

Thank you for teaching me an entire lecture in 7 minutes. You are the best.

[@diya72]

Thank You SO MUCH, Melissa! I usually don't usually comment on videos... but I have to say, this video taught me more than any school/ institution could have. My teacher took around 2 weeks explaining this (and still is), but now I've understood it in 7 minutes!

[@andersonezraviolin]

This past week of chemistry was a massive struggle until I saw this video. It makes so much sense now!! Thanks 😅

[@ShaVaughn]

After watching this, I realized how simple it actually is. Thanks alot!

[@melissamaribel]

Yay!! You are so welcome 💕

[@saltyasf475]

U just saved my chemistry grade.

[@zaina_chan]

5 minutes into the video and i already understood what my teacher has been teaching for the past week. Thanks a lot, Melissa!

[@sarrahhabibi2904]

You’re aesthetic way of teaching so beautifully never fails to amaze me!! The whole video as well just makes the right sense! Brilliant!

[@nimajavan4717]

Holy shit this was helpful

[@melissamaribel]

Happy to hear!

[@LeoSandovalOficial]

Love it!!!!! Love the nail color❤️

[@melissamaribel]

Thank you Leo!

[@Savannah-il9if]

After going through so many videos, this is the one that got through to me! Thank you so much I'll always come back to you for help first!

[@alexisfenn4970]

I'd been struggling on the homework for a week and it was due in 3 hours and you cleared it up within 5 minutes. Thank you so so so much. I was hysterically sobbing until I found this video, and I got a 98.9 on the assignment!!!

[@cynthiapadron4140]

my chemistry midterm is tomorrow and i literally had no clue how to do anything on it. this helped SO much. you saved my life!!

[@melissamaribel]

Happy to save another grade 🤓Hope your midterm goes well!

[@MadiCarl]

Same lol

[@zainabtouati852]

I was going to just guess anything and try to make it look complicated... hhhh saved my day!

[@jamiem.5941]

I am in an accelerated BSN program. Chem lecture is 4 hours x 2 days a week. I have learned more from your videos that my MS professor one on one. Thank you a thousand times!

[@melissamaribel]

You're so welcome Jamie! So happy to see you are pursuing your nursing degree 👏

[@silentstarz16]

Thank goodness for this video! I am going through an online chemistry course right now and Melissa's video helped me understand how to write an electron configuration SO much more clearer and concise than whatever my professor has been trying to teach me.

[@fadilatamisu6913]

This video is such a lifesaver I learn this in my class and I was so lost and I have looked up multiple video and out of all of all of them this one is the one I fully understand. TY!

[@supposedtobedoinghomework2217]

I literally cannot express how helpful your videos are to my entire grade doing Honors Chem. Thank you SO much for what you do, if it weren’t for you my entire grade would be so screwed 😫❤️🙏

[@kevinbowers991]

Out of ALL the videos I've watched on the Electron Configuration and how the shells are formed, this has been the most helpful BY FAR!!! Thanks for explaining how this works as to the way I can understand it!! Thank you!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!!!

[@melissamaribel]

Yay!! 🎉 I'm so happy it made sense, you are so welcome Kevin 😊

[@omarqasem747]

I don't think words can describe how much am grateful right now. our teacher doesn't even know how to explain and I was crying I have a test after 2 days and here I am understanding from a 7 min vid but not from 3 classes of chemsiry

[@amas.3775]

My chemistry class includes basically zero instruction and I was feeling SO lost on this until I stumbled upon your 7 minute video and now it's super clear!! So I just liked and subscribed thank you sooo much!!

[@AngeloDiad]

Getting ready for my med school chemistry entry exam and this vid was a God send! Thanks Mel!

[@PF3F427]

Extremely helpful for anyone struggling with ground electron configuration, or condensed electron configuration highly recommend taking a few notes off this video they will help in the long run. Thank you so much Melissa Maribel your a lovely teacher wish you were my professor

[@gurpreet5171]

Hey Melissa, Thank you so so much for this video! Struggled at this concept for literally years. Finally, years of frustrations over my inability of not knowing this concept has come to an end. Great work! May God Bless you :)

[@minty7945]

Thank you so much, I have a quiz today and was so confused about this. It seemed like the teacher was just going through the letter blocks in a random order and writing those down. Now everything makes much more sense, so thanks!

[@melissamaribel]

You’re welcome! Hope your quiz went well!

[@yourlocalscribe948]

@@melissamaribel guess it didn't rip soldier

[@luvaargas]

this helped a lot right before my final really appreciate you doing these videos!!!

[@melissamaribel]

Yay! Hope your final went well

[@lilyfolkerts3119]

I actually understand this now!!! I'm so grateful for your videos, I could shed a tear I'm so happy.

[@blackberryhoney6248]

So easy to understand! Thank you for the video, it took me a minute and a half to understand electron configurations with your explanations.

[@blmandar]

When you have a chem test tomorrow and you are watching the whole playlist at 2x because you know that only Melissa can help.

[@melissamaribel]

Good luck on your test 🤓

[@blmandar]

@@melissamaribel Thanks

[@AmanKumar-ek9ux]

What happened?

[@madison642]

This is AMAZING! I got completely lost when my chem teacher explained electron configuration. Thank you so much! 💖💖💖💖

[@thaku262]

Hello

[@moustachemoe]

Thank you so much. I have not been able to quite figure this out. I’ve watched other videos too. Your way of explaining it and visual aid makes more sense than my lectures, book, and SI combined. I have an exam in an hour and now I actually stand a chance.

[@fionahastings9065]

This video was so helpful!! I was really struggling to understand electron configuration in chemistry but I feel so much better about it now, thank you!!

[@jollygoodtime824]

you're seriously doing gods work, keep it up

[@melissamaribel]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@sweetcheeks_sylvie2464]

TYSM FOR THIS!! I got an assignment today and it was on this and my teacher is horrible at explaining so this helped a TON 🙏 tysm again 💖

[@e_not_i]

wow i literally learned more watching this video than I did in my highschool chem class, and now I'm retaking it in college. Girl you're helping me a lot :')

[@layzanimations]

Amazing, easy-to-follow review. Thank you! As a visual learner, this was much easier to understand than other vidos.

[@harshitac401]

Literally thank you so much, istg I was sitting in class and not a thing my teacher said made sense, but your video made it seem like I was just learning the acbs.

[@ari-yl2yn]

Same!

[@Y0L0vidz]

thank you so much I have a chem quiz tomorrow and you may have saved my life as well as my grade!

[@melissamaribel]

You're welcome! Hope your quiz went well

[@girlaussie9023]

Im from Czech and honestly, I was watching Czech tutor videos on this theme, but i couldnt figure out how to do it. Then i found your english tutor video and i figured it out in 5 minutes !!! Thank yooouuu

[@ruthdimgba585]

God bless people like you!! there are some people who can't watch boring, long videos but yours are colorful and clear. I honestly felt like crying till I watched your video. Thank you.

[@user-wr8yg8ix6r]

helpful, simple, pretty and soft spoken thank u!

[@melissamaribel]

You're very welcome!

[@remipetty3502]

Okay so I’m confused at 6:11... Why would it be 4f^14 if there are 15 elements in the f block. Other than this I completely understood this way more than I did in 2 hours of my class at school. Great video and can’t wait to come back to your channel when I don’t understand something! 💛

[@obibtw284]

because one f subshell can hold 14 electrons so you cant account for the 15th i think but this comment was 3 yrs ago so i dont think youre looking for an answer anymore

[@carwalalala]

I'm a very practical person. I find videos like these just as effective as my hour period in chemistry class. I wish they didn't count attendance so I could save time doing something else during those long periods of classes and then just watch these short videos that teach me everything that was taught in class that day, but in a simple and more effective method. God bless you!!

[@cavila25]

This is the CUTEST and most aesthetic Chemistry video I have ever seen. I love it and it is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for making this more enjoyable for us!!

[@karinag6880]

THANK U SO MUCH THIS HELPED SO MUCH LOL

[@melissamaribel]

You are so welcome Karina! 💕

[@najmunnisact1778]

I don't know how but 2 hour class is in 7 minutes no words ma'am it's just amazing amazing and amazing ❤️

[@oncemoaarmystayatinyuniver8241]

This video is so well put together! The information is so clear, and it looks so pretty!!!

[@workoutchannel4411]

The thing I admire about videos like these is that even after it had been years after it was uploaded, they continue to help so many people out like myself!

[@vert.6673]

Bruh this explained this so much better than my high school teacher did, thank you so much!!

[@mruseeer]

This is just so better explained than in my Chemistry Class 😅

[@thechillgrenadier7993]

Thank you SO very much for this! I have a test on this two days from now and was having a little trouble doing this until I watched this video. It's taught FAR better than ny chemistry teacher! I cannot express how much this has helped me, thank you so much!

[@coralb7242]

I would like to thank you for describing this in 7 minutes. It was straight and to the point. I understood it and was able to quickly see the pattern.

[@andreacad5593]

my chem teacher took 2 weeks teaching this and i understand this more 😭

[@emilykologe8030]

Anyone else here right before their test :,)

[@chefq8381]

This video SAVED MY LIFE. I never understand my teacher because my attention span is so short. You explain it way better! Thank you!

[@athk24]

thank you so much for this! my teacher is absent most of the time and substitutes dont really do much explaining so this really helped!

[@RubiMercuri]

I'm still confused at how you found the configurations by looking from left to right..

[@Solaaaaa]

RubiMercuri Because the vertical rows are numbered, so all you have to do is count after you know which row you’re in. Also it really helps if you remember the letters as well. Good luck 🍀 hun!

[@honeyoyinfalola6870]

@@Solaaaaa I still don’t get it 😔

[@melissamaribel]

I recommend watching this other video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/poukpIhracSZgJo

[@tanmayjape3758]

You are really nice and I appreciate you teaching us!!!!! But please go into a little bit more detail

[@melissamaribel]

Hey there what concept or part did you need a bit more detail in?

[@tanmayjape3758]

@@melissamaribel UMMMM never mind because my school teacher just taught me a different and easier way to do it. Thanks Though

[@bellasagood5880]

@@melissamaribel they may have meant that there are periodic trends on the table that make it easy to find the subshells, but I'm not sure.

[@user-eq3oj3hy5d]

Hey! Thanks for making it easier for me. Online classes are much harder and I couldn't understand my teacher. I thought it was complicated but this was so easy after all. Thank you!!

[@blokvader8283]

This is actually a really good video! Concise and simple, but effective, and done in a way that isn't monotonous and disinteresting like most things are in class.

[@frankigg1663]

Did you Know that no there is a debate over that the earth is flat 😐

[@melissamaribel]

That was so random that I laughed so hard I nearly fell off the earth 😅

[@frankigg1663]

Chemistry with Melissa Maribel 🤣 I just said it because I was watching this video ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqavaWmPr9ONaq8 ) but is on Spanish, ( I like your videos ✌)

[@melissamaribel]

Luckily I speak Spanish, interesting I just saw a few seconds of it, can't commit to 2 hours right now but who knew that debate was still going. And I'm happy you like the videos 😊

[@frankigg1663]

Chemistry with Melissa Maribel 😶 well you learn chemistry on English and you speack Spanish and im going to learn chemistry on Spanish but I speack English 😦

[@demetriixx9964]

Nah lmfao I still can’t do it

[@user-bf5vl3ky9s]

How about now.

[@norahgraham1101]

i have a test on this tomorrow and didn't understand it AT ALL until i watched this and now it makes so much sense thank you:)

[@beckslicka]

im in love with you omg i have a quiz tomorrow and this makes so much sense now wow

[@purpleyouall1646]

And another thing...who is here FOR online classes?? They are so damn lame!

[@kadewhitaker1970]

same, i’m struggling with chem so badly.

[@sepphie469]

i had to rewatch the video but it ended up making more sense! i’m still really bad at doing the condensed configurations but i’m glad that you made them make a bit more sense. it feels like complicated and i like how uppity your videos arw!! always fills me with energy despite it being 2 am haha

[@143FEARNOT]

it's official. You're my chem teacher now. I'm coming back to your channel every time I need help now. Thank you!!!

[@leafyleaf6994]

Thank you soooo much. I messed up in the beginning of the semester by not paying attention since it was confusing and I couldn’t find out where to start to understand again. This is so helpful

[@victoriamaldonado6486]

i actually know what i’m doing for my final the day after tmrw and that practice quiz was so helpful, thank you for taking the time do this its rly helpful !

[@alondracastillo4032]

I cant explain how much I appreciate this help, I have such a tough schedule now especially that classes are online and I was at the point of crying because I couldn’t figure this out for the life of me, thank you so much!

[@jiyagupta7793]

Thank you so much!! I finally understand how this works. Please continue to make these videos!

[@donaldgoodrich2493]

Best explanation I've found yet!!! Thank You!!!

[@jaddajoseph6765]

This has been very helpful!!!! I was absent in my class many times and i'm failing this lesson, but now i fully understand it. thank you

[@jomsnow2396]

This was really helpful and super easy to understand! thank you for making this video

[@gabdominates]

I've never seen this method before?! I've only seen the configurations arranged in diagonal rows. This is so great, thank you

[@brittanysophia6207]

thank you so much i literally love you. you don’t know how much this means to me i wouldn’t be where i am today without you

[@muhannad9885]

This is the best video that explained this topic! Thank you so much!

[@joanasabado5932]

You explained this lessons very well. Now, I finally understand this topic. You don't know how thankful I am for this. Keep it up!

[@Pdog-jk5pq]

Wow after watching this video twice I’ve learned more in 15 minutes than I have sitting in a desk in class. Thanks for clearing this up for me, it just seemed like my teacher was pulling numbers out of thin air.

[@reamduke26]

thank you for making this video. Definitely simplified the configurations.