The Pattern of Systematically Building Up the Electron Configurations for the Elements

question 69

Multiple Choice

The pattern of systematically building up the electron configurations for the elements is known as ________.

• A) Coulomb's law
• B) the Pauli exclusion principle
• C) Hund's rule
• D) the aufbau principle

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