Question

what do u understand by ground state of an atom.​

Answer 1

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✍The state of an atom where all the electrons in the atom are in the lowest energy levels is called the ground state.

Answer 2

Answer:

A ground-state atom is an atom in which the total energy of the electrons can not be lowered by transferring one or more electrons to different orbitals. That is, in a ground-state atom, all electrons are in the lowest possible energy levels. eg: Consider a carbon atom whose electron configuration is the following.