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which rule was broken? aufbau principle hunds rule pauli exclusion principle drag
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The Aufbau principle states that electrons fill lower - energy orbitals before higher - energy ones. In the given electron - filling diagram, electrons are filling the 3d orbital before completely filling the 4s orbital. The 4s orbital has lower energy than the 3d orbital and should be filled first.
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AUFBAU PRINCIPLE