One reason spectroscopists study excited states is to gain information about the energies of orbitals that are unoccupied in an atom's ground state. The following electron configuration represents an atom in an excited state.   Identify the element and write its condensed ground-state configuration:   1s22s22p63s13p1   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 atom's ground state. The following electron configuration represents an atom in an excited state.
 
Identify the element and write its condensed ground-state configuration:
 
1s22s22p63s13p1
 
Element symbol:

 

Condensed ground-state configuration:
 

(Remember to use square brackets, and do not forget to superscript only the electron values.)

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