(a) Calculate the electronic partition function of a tellurium atom at (i) 298 K, (ii) 5000 K by direct summation using the following data:
(b) What proportion of the Te atoms are in the ground term and in the term labelled 2 at the two temperatures?
(c) Calculate the electronic contribution to the standard molar entropy of gaseous Te atoms.

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Wavenumber/cm" Term Degeneracy Ground 4 707 4 751 3 10 559 3.