One reason spectroscopists study excited states is to gain information about the energies of orbitals that are unoccupied in an atoms ground state. The following electron configuration represents an atom in an excited state.   Identify the element, and write its condensed ground-state configuration:   1s22s22p63s23p44s1   Element symbol: Condensed ground-state configuration:

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One reason spectroscopists study excited states is to gain information about the energies of orbitals that are unoccupied in an atoms ground state. The following electron configuration represents an atom in an excited state.
 
Identify the element, and write its condensed ground-state configuration:
 
1s22s22p63s23p44s1
 
Element symbol:

Condensed ground-state configuration:

 


 

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