Ground State
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Ground State
What is the ground state and how do you find it? How would I find the answer to 2A.9: Which M3+ ions (where M is a metal) are predicted to have the following ground-state electron configurations?(a) [Ar]3d^7, (b) [Ar]3d^6, (c) [Kr]4d^4, (d) [Kr]4d^3?
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Re: Ground State
Ground state would be the lowest energy state of the atom. So the electron configuration has to show the lowest energy state.
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Re: Ground State
you find the ground state by looking at the periodic table and seeing where the element falls and what s, p, or d orbitals it already fills. And then to get the 3+ charge you take away three electrons from the ground state.
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Re: Ground State
It also means configurations follow principles like building-up principle(Aufbau), where the electrons don't jump energy levels.
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So when looking for the ground state and given a electron such as s2-, I remove two electrons from the last energy level to get the ground state configuration?
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