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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The ground state is the LOWEST ENERGY
configuration. For example, for Carbon it would be [He]2s<sup>2</sup>2p<sup>2</sup>.
If, in carbon, I moved a 2s electron to the 2p and made the
electron configuration [He]2s<sup>1</sup>2p<sup>3</sup>, then that
would be an excited state.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/9/19 2:38 PM, wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">What is the difference
between an excited state electron configuration and a ground
state electron configuration? </p>
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Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pounds_aj@mercer.edu">pounds_aj@mercer.edu</a>)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Director of the Computational Science Program
Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627
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