A Student Wrote the Following Electron Configuration for a Ground

question 15

Essay

A student wrote the following electron configuration for a ground state, neutral nitrogen atom: Explain why the configuration does not describe the lowest energy state of a ground-state nitrogen atom and provide the lowest-energy electron configuration for nitrogen.

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