Match each rule to what it forbids or requires
Exercise and reference answers
- Matching pairs
- Left
- Pauli exclusion principle
- Right
- no two electrons share all four quantum numbers
- Left
- Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity
- Right
- every orbital in a subshell gets one electron before any pairs
- Left
- The (n + l) rule
- Right
- orbitals fill in order of increasing energy
- Left
- Heisenberg uncertainty principle
- Right
- position and velocity cannot both be exact
Explanation
Two rules govern how electrons fill the orbitals. Source: syllabus Chemistry Part I, Ch 2 Structure of Atom.
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