18. Each orbital diagram shown below describes an excited state of an atom of a different element.
Use the orbital diagrams to complete the table.
A
B
C
3p
3p
3p
3s
3s
3s
3s
2p
2p
2p
2s
2s
2s
1s
1s
1s
A
B
C
Excited state electron
configuration
Identify the element
Ground state electron
configuration
19. Complete the table for each of the excited state electron configurations given.
Excited state electron
Element
Ground state electron
Orbital diagram for
configuration
name
configuration
ground state
1s
2
2s
1
2p
2
1s
2s
2p
3s
3p
2
2
2
2
1
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