A certain atom has a doubly degenerate ground level, a triply degenerate electronically excited level at 1250 cm-1, and a doubly degenerate level at 1300 cm-1. Calculate the partition function of these electronic states at 2000 K

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A certain atom has a doubly degenerate ground level, a triply degenerate electronically excited level at 1250 cm-1, and a doubly degenerate level at 1300 cm-1. Calculate the partition function of these electronic states at 2000 K

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