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In an atom, the electron or electrons have a certain normal distance from the atomic nucleus, and when they are at the normal distance, that is described as the ground state. If energy is added to an electron it will move further from the nucleus, or depending upon the amount of energy, may leave the atom entirely. If it moves further from the nucleus it is in an excited state. If it leaves the atom it is ionized.
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Do atoms in the excited state have more electrons than in the ground state?
Yes, because an atom in an excited state will normally give off energy and go to a less-excited state or to its ground state. Some atoms have long-lived excited states and are called "metastable".
Why are cuprous ions less stable than cupric ions?
due to its oxidation states or simply the explanation is in the ground and excited states of an atom
How or where is gamma radiation formed?
In the atomic nucleus as protons and/or neutrons fall from excited states towards their ground state.
What radioactive decay processes have no transmutation?
Only gamma, it is the process by which a metastable excited nuclear isomer of an isotope relaxes down to the ground state of the same isotope. Some metastable states must undergo multiple gamma decays through less excited metastable states to reach the ground state.
What has a higher energy ground state or excited state?
ground
Energy gap between the excited and ground states for the sodium ion?
Ephoton=h(Planck's constant) v (frequency of the radiation)
Why do elements go from ground state to excited state?
Elements go from the ground state to the excited state if some form of energy is supplied. Otherwise, they stay in the ground state.
Is the electron configuration of sodium an excited state or ground state?
ground state
What is HTE difference between an atom in the ground state and an atom in an excited state?
Atom in the ground state is stable but atom in excited state is not stable the main reason for this is their energies.Atoms in excited state has more energy so they undergo chemical reaction so they are not stable but atoms in ground state has less energy than the excited state so they dont undergo chemical reaction.
What is the lowest energy state of an unbonded atom called?
Excited State -_-
When an electron gets excited is energy released or absorbed?
To get excited, it must absorb energy. To get back to its ground state, it releases energy.
Is an excited state is less stable than a ground state?
Yes.
