What is tthe difference between pauli's exclusion principle and hund's rule?

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What is tthe difference between pauli's exclusion principle and hund's rule?

2007-01-18 14:29:45 · 2 answers · asked by Onions 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Hund's rule says that an electron will fill an empty orbital before any pair up. Pauli's rule says no more than 2 electrons in an orbital, and they will have opposite spins.

Basically, electrons do not want to be next to each other, so both rules make sense.

2007-01-18 14:34:05 · answer #1 · answered by reb1240 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋

Poly Exclusion Principle

2016-11-10 00:21:30 · answer #2 · answered by nelems 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋