A certain oxygen atom has the electron configuration 1s22s22px22py2. How many unpaired electrons are present? Is this

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A certain oxygen atom has the electron configuration 1s22s22px22py2. How many unpaired electrons are present? Is this an excited state for oxygen? In going from this state to the ground state, would energy be released or absorbed?
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Chemical Principles

ISBN: 978-1111580650

7th edition

Authors: Steven S. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

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