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When you say an electron is in its ground state what does that mean?
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∙ 7y ago
when something is in the ground
^No. That is totally incorrect.
Basically, a ground state electron is when the atom/element is not being surged through with heat or electricity. Basically, it's the atom's normal electron configuration. So NA [Sodium]'s ground state would be shown as : 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s1.
The opposite is when it's in it's excited state. You can remember tell when an atom is in it's excited state when in the electron configuration, there is a huge jump, like 1s2,2s2,2p5, 3s2. This might have happened due to being exposed to heat and or electricity.
In other words, ground state=normal, excited is, well, excited. XD
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoElectron configuration of the atom associated with the lowest energy level of the atom
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∙ 12y agoIt means that the electron structure of the atom is at its lowest energy level.
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∙ 13y agoIt has the lowest amount of electrons possible for that particular molecule
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∙ 14y agoThe lowest energy state of an atom.
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