ELECTRON CONFIGURATION

THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRON CONFIG

AUFBAU'S RULE HUND'S RULE PAULIS EXCLUSION RULE

every orbital in a subshell is states that no two

states that electrons
singly occupied with one
fill lower-energy electrons in the same
electron before any one
atomic orbitals orbital is doubly occupied,
atom can have identical
before filling higher- and all electrons in singly values for all four of their
energy ones occupied orbitals have the quantum numbers.
same spin.