Ion Ag³⁺

Symbol	Ag3+
Number	47
Atomic weight	107.8682000
Latin name	Argentum
English name	Silver

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Electronic configuration of of Silver

Ag: 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s² 3d¹⁰ 4p⁶ 5s¹ 4d¹⁰ → Ag³⁺:1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s²3d¹⁰4p⁶5s⁰4d⁸

The same amount of electrons as an ion of Silver +3 have: Tc^-1

The order of filling the shells with electrons of Silver (Ag³⁺): 1s → 2s → 2p → 3s → 3p → 4s → 3d → 4p → 5s → 4d → 5p → 6s → 4f → 5d → 6p → 7s → 5f → 6d → 7p.

On the sub level ‘s’ there might be 2 electrons at most, on ‘p’ - up to 6, on ‘d’ - up to 10 and up to 14 on ‘f’

Silver has 47 electrons, let's fill electronic layers in described order:

2 electrons on 1s-sub level

2 electrons on 2s-sub level

6 electrons on 2p-sub level

2 electrons on 3s-sub level

6 electrons on 3p-sub level

2 electrons on 4s-sub level

10 electrons on 3d-sub level

6 electrons on 4p-sub level

8 electrons on 4d-sub level

Oxidation state of Silver

Atoms of Silver in compounds have an oxidation state of 3, 2, 1, 0.

The oxidation state is the conditional charge of an atom in a compound: the bond in a molecule between atoms is based on the sharing of electrons, thus, if the atom’s charge virtually increases, then the oxidation state is negative (electrons carry a negative charge), if the charge decreases, then the oxidation state is positive.

Oxidation state of an ion Ag³⁺ = 3

Ions of Silver

Valence of Ag³⁺

Atoms of Silver in compounds have valence III, II, I.

Valence of Silver is an ability of an atom Ag to build chemical bounds. The valence is based on electronic configuration of atom: electrons participated in chemical bounds are known as valence electrons. In general the valence is:

The number of possible chemical bounds with other atoms

The valence has no sign.

Quantum numbers Ag ³⁺

Quantum numbers are defined by the last electron in configuration, for an ion Ag these numbers are N = 4, L = 2, M_l = 0, M_s = -½

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