Practice question · True or false
Two electrons in the same atom may share all four quantum numbers if they occupy different shells.
Hints
- What exactly does the Pauli exclusion principle forbid?
- Sharing all four is forbidden outright, and different shells means different n anyway.
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False
Why
False, the Pauli principle forbids any two electrons in one atom from having an identical set of all four quantum numbers, with no exception. Electrons in different shells already differ in , so the premise is self-contradicting.
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