The electronic configuration of the valence

Question:

The electronic configuration of the valence shell of Cu is 3d10 4s1 and not 3d94s2. How is this configuration explained?

Solution:

Configuration with filled and half-filled orbitals has extra stability. In 3d104s1, d orbitals are filled and s orbitals are half-filled.

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