Consider the ground state of Cr atom (Z = 24). The numbers of electrons with the azimuthal quantum numbers, `l = 1` and 2 are, respectively 

Options

A. 12 and 4
B. 16 and 5
C. 16 and 4
D. 12 and 5

Answer

C

Explanation

`1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^6 4s^1 3d^5`