Excited vs Ground State

[105719095]

What is the difference between an excited state electron configuration and a ground state electron configuration? Would there be any case where we would have to solve for the excited state from the ground state?

[Ella_hou]

ground state of an electron configuration is the arrangement of energy levels from lowest to highest. if you have to find the ground state, you would need to fill up lower orbitals first before jumping to new ones. ex: the excited state of carbon would be; 1s^2 2s^2 2p^1 3s^1 and the ground state of carbon would be; 1s^2 2s^2 2p^2 notice how in the ground state the p orbitals are filled first vs the excited state where it jumps to the d-block

[daniellediem1k]

An excited state means that electrons are in higher orbitals than their normal resting, or ground state.

[Mihir Sukhatme 1D]

An excited configuration means that certain electrons have moved up energy levels. This requires an input of energy.

[Brandon Padilla 2L]

Ground state electron configuration has the lowest energy and is the most stable.

[Monse Mata 3D]

The ground-state electron configuration is a point of reference that is lowest in energy and the excited state would be an electron configuration where you're not in your lowest energy state.

[Ivan Huang Dis 3B]

an excited state can usually be identified if an electron isn't where it is supposed to be ie ground state. An electron could be in the wrong orbital for the element or even the wrong spin.

[Riya Sawhney 1C]

An example to of an excited state electron configuration would be for fluorine, 1s^2 2s^2 2p^4 3s^1. The ground state is 1s^2 2s^2 2p^5, so you can see that an electron moved to a higher energy orbital.

[Shannon Lau 14B - 1H]

You can tell the difference between the excited state and the ground state by looking at what they give you. If you are given the s, p, d, or f then you can see if any of them are skipped and if they are then it will be considered to be in the excited state. If you are given the individual up/down arrows and pairings then you can check to see if each of the lines are filled at least with one arrow before going in twice to put the other arrow. If there are any skips and/or mess ups then it is considered to be in the excited state.

[505686385]

An element's excited state configuration means that certain electrons have moved up energy levels. Ground state is when the element is at lower energy levels. Oxygen's ground state configuration is 1s^2 2s^2 2p^4. Oxygen's excited state configuration could be 1s^2 2s^2 2p^3 3s^1. You can see that the outer electron has gone to a higher energy level. This requires an energy input.

[Chris Korban 1D]

An element's ground state configuration is the configuration found when satisfying the lowest energy possible for an element, but when an electron is excited it jumps orbitals/shells and will be found in the next orbital. For example, a hydrogen electron that is excited will go from the 1s orbital to the 2s orbital

[Evonne Chau 2I]

Hello,

The ground state of an electron configuration is the arrangement of electrons around the nucleus of an atom with lowest to highest energy. This means that ground state is the lowest and also the most stable. An excited state electron configuration means that certain electrons have moved up energy levels. For example, looking at the s, p, d, and f orbital, if any of them are skipped, it is an excited-state atom. On the other hand, if the electrons fill up the lower orbitals before going to higher ones, it is a ground-state atom.

[Abby 2B]

hi! the ground state configuration is the lowest energy and most stable. you can tell if the electron is in an excited state by if an electron "skips" a an orbital that isn't all the way filled.

[Vanessa Wiratmo 3k]

The ground state configuration is the most stable and in the lowest energy level. When the electron configuration is in the excited state, electrons will move/skip to a higher energy state/orbital.

[Arpita Padhy 3E]

Hello,

The ground state of an electron configuration is the arrangement of electrons around the nucleus of an atom with lowest to highest energy. This means that ground state is the lowest and also the most stable. An excited state electron configuration means that certain electrons have moved up energy levels. For example, looking at the s, p, d, and f orbital, if any of them are skipped, it is an excited-state atom. On the other hand, if the electrons fill up the lower orbitals before going to higher ones, it is a ground-state atom.

This was super helpful, thank you so much!

[Sarah Hong 2K]

The excited state is when some electrons skip an orbital and jump to a higher one. The ground state is at the lowest energy level and is the most stable. In the ground state, every orbital is filled in order.

[Alejandra Hernandez 2A]

When an element is in an excited state it means that some electrons have moved up orbitals/energy levels which required a higher input of energy.

[Jillian Sarquiz- 2B]

When an element is in its ground state, then this is when the element has the lowest energy and is most stable. When an element is in its excited state, an electron has jumped an orbital and is not in its lowest energy state.

[905701360]

At the ground state, the element has the least amount of energy but is the most stable. When it is excited, the electron moves between orbitals, so its energy state increases.

[Trisha Nagin]

In ground state the element is stable, and the electron configuration goes in order. In the excited state, the electron moves in between orbitals so the electron configuration is not in order.

[Denise Chavez 2G]

Ground state electron configurations are essentially the most stable since they have the least amount of energy and excited state electron configuration means they moved up the energy levels which requires an energy input, which means they excited state configurations have higher energy than ground state configurations.

[daniellediem1k]

You'll notice that in an excited state, the configuration shows more electrons in higher shells and doesn't go in the normal order.

[Chris Korban 1D]

the ground state configuration is the normal configuration found where the lowest orbital possible is used, but in excited state configurations, certain electrons can jump to higher level energy orbitals

[isabella garcia - 1G]

The ground state is the lowest energy level with the electrons filling the orbitals in order, but in the excited state, they move up energy levels and have higher energy than ground state configuration.