Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32162-592-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-32162-592-2

Chapter 28 - Quantum Mechanics of Atoms - Misconceptual Questions - Page 825: 5

Answer

Choice E.

Work Step by Step

The Pauli exclusion principle says that no two electrons in the same atom can share the same 4 quantum numbers. Electrons in different atoms can have the same set of quantum numbers; It would be madness if electrons in every H atom in the universe had to have different quantum numbers.
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