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Which of the following rule explains the ground state of outermost electronic configuration of silicon:

and not


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Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity
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Pauli's exclusion principle
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Aufbau principle
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D
Schrodinger wave equation
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Solution

The correct option is A Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity
Ground state electronic configuration of Si

is in accordance with Hund's rule which states that electron pairing in any orbital (s,p,d or f) cannot take place until each orbital of the same sub-level contains 1 electron each of like spin.

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