how many d orbits must be occupied by a single electron before the electron begins to pair up?

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how many d orbits must be occupied by a single electron  before the electron begins to pair up?

vocaloid · Answer

5, since there are 5 d orbitals

vocaloid · Answer

and each electron occupies a separate orbital before pairing up

taramgrant0543664 · Answer

There are 5 d orbitals dz2, dxy, dxz, dyz , and dx2-y2 I'm not going to attempt to draw them on here so I found a link so that you can see what they look like http://www.chemeddl.org/resources/TSTS/Stahl/Stahl9-12/Orbitals9to12.html The d orbitals hold a total of 10 electrons so 2 electron per orbital so there can be 5 electrons in the orbital before they pair up

anonymous · Answer

thanks for all responses

photon336 · Answer

D orbitals hold a total of about 10 electrons maximum.