The electronic configuration of a particular carbon atom is 1s22s22p13s1. Is this atom in its ground state

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The electronic configuration of a particular carbon atom is 1s22s22p13s1. Is this atom in its ground state or in an excited state? Explain.

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Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976444

5th edition

Authors: James S. Walker

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