Which Atomic Species, in Its Ground State, Has Six Unpaired

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which atomic species, in its ground state, has six unpaired electrons?

• A) O
• B) Fe
• C) Cs
• D) Dy
• E) Mo

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The quantity of distinct values or amounts that a statistical distribution can accept.

Population Variance

A measure of the spread of a population’s values, indicating how much the individuals within the population differ from the population mean.

Chi-Squared Distributed

Referring to a statistical distribution that is used to describe the distribution of the sum of squares of a set of variables, often used in hypothesis testing.

T-Distribution

A statistical distribution that occurs when calculating the average of a population with a normal distribution, under conditions where the sample size is small and the population's variance is not known.