Find the electronic configuration of Magnesium whose number of electrons is 12 and number of shells is 3

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The electronic configuration of magnesium (atomic number 12) with 12 electrons and 3 shells is 2-8-2. This indicates that the first shell (K shell) has 2 electrons, the second shell (L shell) has 8 electrons, and the third shell (M shell) has 2 electrons.

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