Atomic Structure Result Question 85-1

85. Give reason why the ground state outermost electronic configuration of silicon is 3s²3p²

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$(1985,2 M)$

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Solution:

The 2nd configuration is against Hund’s rule of maximum multiplicity multiplicity which states that the singly occupied degenerate orbitals atomic orbitals must have electrons of opposite spins.



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