Use orbital notation to illustrate the bonding in each of

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To illustrate bonding between two atoms, we should first know their electronic configuration.

Chlorine with \(Z=17\) has the electronic configuration: \(1 s^{2} 2 s^{2} 2 p^{6} 3 s^{2} 3 p^{5}\)

Its orbital notation is shown below:

So in a chlorine molecule, we have two such Cl atoms, each having one unpaired electron in the p-orbital. These two unpaired electrons combine to form a sigma bond between the two Cl atoms, thus creating a \(\mathrm{Cl}_{2}\) molecule.