TheClick to edit Master subtitle style Building-Up Principle of Electronic Configuration

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The electronic configuration of an atom can be determined by:

Aufbau Principle

Pauli

Exclusion Principle

Hunds

Rule

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The Aufbau Principle

It

states that electrons must occupy available orbitals of lower energy first before they fill the higher energy orbitals. example, they must fill the 1s orbital first before entering the 2s orbital due to the lower energy level.

For

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Pauli Exclusion Principle

It

states that each orbital (i. e. each box) can be occupied by two electrons of opposite spin only. The spins of the electrons are represented by and . total number of electrons in an orbital or set of orbitals is: s~ 2 p~6
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The

Hunds Rule
In

a given set of orbitals of equivalent energy (e. g. the three p orbitals or the five d orbitals), electrons tend to occupy the orbitals singly first before pairing up.

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Facts & notes

Any The

single orbital can hold only two electrons. maximum number of electrons in a principle shell is 2n. electrons occupying the same orbitals experience repulsion. of the 4s and 3d orbitals/ subshells in transition elements.
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Two

Reversal