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CHAPTER 4 REVIEW

Arrangement of Electrons in Atoms

SECTION 3
SHORT ANSWER Answer the following questions in the space provided.
1. State the Pauli exclusion principle, and use it to explain why electrons in the same
orbital must have opposite spin states.
The Pauli exclusion principle states that no two electrons in an atom may have the
same set of four quantum numbers. If both electrons in the same orbital had the
same spin state, each electron would have the same four quantum numbers. If one
electron has the opposite spin state, the fourth quantum number is different and the
exclusion principle is obeyed.

2. Explain the conditions under which the following orbital notation for helium is
possible:

This orbital notation is possible if the helium atom is in an excited state.

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Write the ground-state electron configuration and orbital notation for each of the
following atoms:
↑↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑ ↑ ↑
3. Phosphorus 1s2 2s2 2 p 6 3s2 3p 3
1s 2s 2 px 2 py 2 pz 3s 3px 3py 3pz

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4. Nitrogen

5. Potassium

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SECTION 3 continued

6. Aluminum

7. Argon

8. Boron

9. Which guideline, Hund’s rule or the Pauli exclusion principle, is violated in the
following orbital diagrams?

a. Pauli Exclusion Principle

b. Hund

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