how many 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?
2006-12-04 04:44:27 · 2 answers · asked by pixela007 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
There are 8 electrons present .
IT is an excited state state for oxygen called singlet oxygen since there are no electrons unpaired all orbitals have 2 electrons
Going to the ground state which is triplet oxygen , energy will be released
2006-12-04 04:54:21 · answer #1 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are none unpaired electrons. they are 8 electrons present. I don't know about the exicted pair, but it might be more ground state, although pairing energi is higher in this configuration. Energy is released when going to the ground state .
2006-12-04 04:53:11 · answer #2 · answered by Nancy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋