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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Carbon has an atomic number of 6, but the following orbital notation for carbon is incorrect. Explain the error in terms of the rules for electron arrangements.

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OpenStudy (aaronq):

AUFBAU principle: you need to distribute the electrons into all degenerate ("same energy") orbitals before 2 electrons into the same orbital. |dw:1405358194748:dw|

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