The ground state is the lowest energy state of the atom.
What is the ground state configuration?
We know that the electron configuration has to do with the manner in which electrons are arranged in an atom. The ground state is the lowest energy state of the atom. The atom could move to higher energy states by absorbing energy sometimes in the form of heat or light.
The ground state has to do with the lowest energy state of the atom and according to the Bohr theory, the atom could acquire energy and move from this lowest energy state to higher energy states. The higher energy states are short lived and the electron returns to the ground state.
We want to show the ground state of each of the atoms as shown in the question;
N - [tex]1s^{2} 2s^{2} 2p^{3}[/tex]
S - [tex]1s^{2} 2s^{2} 2p^{6} 3s^{2} 3p^{6} 4s^{2} 3d^{10} 4p^{4}[/tex]
Rh - [tex]1s^{2} 2s^{2} 2p^{6}3s^{2} 3p^{6} 4s^{2} 3d^{10} 4p^{6} 5s^{1} 4d^{8}[/tex]
Thus, these are the ground state electron configurations of the nitrogen, sulfur, and rhenium atoms shown above respectively.
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