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What is true about the energy differences between electron orbitals in particular atoms?

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Answer: When in a magnetic field, the two electrons in a particular orbital differ very slightly in energy because of a property called electron spin. The theory of electron spin states that the two electrons in a single orbital spin in opposite directions on their axes, causing an energy difference between them

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