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Hund’s rule

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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. This principle minimizes electron-electron repulsions and stabilizes the atom.

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