Chemistry
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Author: John E. McMurry, Robert C. Fay, Jill Kirsten Robinson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.20P
PROBLEM 5.20 When electricity is used to add energy to the mercury atoms, an electron in a 6s orbital can be “excited” into a 6p orbital.
(a) Write the electron configuration for a mercury atom in the excited state.
(b) Sketch the orbital filling diagram for the excited state of mercury.
(c) How many unpaired electrons are there in the excited state of mercury?
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