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The statement that "the lowest energy configuration for an atom is the one having the maximum number of unpaired electrons allowed by the Pauli principle in a particular set of degenerate orbitals" is known as: A. the quantum model B. Hund's rule C. the aufbau principle D. Heisenberg uncertainty principle E. the Pauli exclusion principle

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Answer:

its actually A

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Answer:

B. Hund's rule

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Hund's rule -

According to Hund's rule ,

As, the electrons are negatively charged and hence , like poles repel , so they repel each other in order to stabilizes themselves and hence , the electron firstly occupies a vacant orbital , before actually pairing up , so as to reduce repulsion .

The rule of maximum multiplicity states that ,

The term with the lowest energy is the one with the highest value of the spin multiplicity .

hence , the statement given in the question is about Hund's rule .

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