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Can Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity be also called Hund's rule of maximum spin multiplicity ?

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The rule states that for a given electron configuration, the lowest energy term is the one with the greatest value of spin multiplicity. This implies that if two or more orbitals of equal energy are available, electrons will occupy them singly before filling them in pairs.
Yes it can be called so.

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