CAIE A-Level Chemistry AS 1.3.1 Terms Topic Practice

Vanadium, niobium and tantalum are metals in the same group of the Periodic Table.

The shorthand electronic configuration of vanadium in the ground state is $[\mathrm{Ar}] 3 \mathrm{~d}^{3} 4 \mathrm{~s}^{2}$.

State what is meant by the term ground state.