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The statements
(i) In filling a group of orbitals of equal energy, it is energetically preferable to assign electrons to empty orbitals rather than pair them into a particular orbital.
(ii) When two electrons are placed in two different orbitals, energy is lower if the spins are parallel.
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Follow Hund’s multiplicity rules.
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