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title: "A student is asked to evaluate various electronic representations for an isolated neutral nitrogen atom (\\(\\text{N}\\), atomic number \\(Z = 7\\)). Which of the following orbital diagrams represents a physically possible excited state of the neutral \\(\\text{N}\\) atom?"
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# A student is asked to evaluate various electronic representations for an isolated neutral nitrogen atom (\(\text{N}\), atomic number \(Z = 7\)). Which of the following orbital diagrams represents a physically possible excited state of the neutral \(\text{N}\) atom?

A student is asked to evaluate various electronic representations for an isolated neutral nitrogen atom (\(\text{N}\), atomic number \(Z = 7\)). Which of the following orbital diagrams represents a physically possible excited state of the neutral \(\text{N}\) atom?

- **A.** Diagram A
- **B.** Diagram B
- **C.** Diagram C
- **D.** Diagram D

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