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    | • | Rules for writing
    electron configuration: 
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    | • | 1. The no. of
    electrons in neutral atom = 
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    |  | atomic no. (no.
    of protons) 
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    | • | 2. Fill the
    lowest energy sublevel 
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    |  | completely, then
    the next lowest, etc. 
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    | • | 3. No more than
    two electrons can be placed 
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    |  | in a single
    orbital. The electrons have 
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    |  | opposite spins in
    the same orbital. (2 
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    |  | electrons in s,
    6 in p, 10 in d, 14 in f) 
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