Chapter 15, Problem 15.24E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The term symbols of the $h^2$ electron configuration and the ground state term symbol are to be predicted assuming the application of Russell-Saunders system.

Concept introduction:

A term symbol describes the orbital, spin, and total angular momenta of an electronic state. The symbol, $L$, represents the vector sum of orbital angular momentum. The symbol, $S$, represents the vector sum of spin angular momentum. The symbol, $J$, represents the total angular momentum. Therefore, the term symbol is represented as given below.

${}^{2S+1}{L}_J$