[CHM 111] Chapter 6

[Andrew J. Pounds]

On 11/08/2017 02:09 AM,  wrote:
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> Another question lol...
>
> Can you explain configurations in relations to excited and ground 
> states? I know how to do the configurations but don't understand how 
> to recognize from a configuration which ones are in excited or ground 
> states.
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Please look at page 264 of your text a the lithium atom configuration.  
If I moved one of the electrons from the 1s orbital to the 2s orbital 
that would be an excited state.

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