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The following orbital diagram is incorrect, but it has the correct number of electrons represented by arrows for a neutral (uncharged) atom. Which two statements are true?

The following orbital diagram is incorrect, but it has the correct number of electrons-example-1
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Hunde's rule was violated

The element is in the d-block

Step-by-step explanation

From the orbital diagram, it can be observed that the 2 electrons of the 3d violate Hunde's rule.

Hund's rule states that every orbital in a subshell is singly occupied with one electron before any one orbital is doubly occupied, and all electrons in singly occupied orbitals have the same spin.

Also, the total number of electrons in the orbital diagram is 22 electrons and this corresponds to the number of electrons of Titanium at ground states.

Hence, the element is in the d-block.

The following orbital diagram is incorrect, but it has the correct number of electrons-example-1
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