yoshhiboxx: 5 months ago

Consider the two electron arrangements for neutral atoms A and B. What is the difference between atom A and atom B?

A - 1s22s22p63s1
B - 1s22s22p65s1
atom B has lost some inner electrons
the outer electron of atom B has moved to a lower energy state
the outer electron of atom B has moved to a higher energy state

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