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= Exception to the Madelung energy ordering rule

= Exceptions to the Madelung energy ordering rule
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The most notable exception is the borrowing of 3<d-orbital> electrons to 4<s-orbital>[s] as in <chromium>, leading to a 3d5 4s1 configuration instead of the 3d4 4s2 we would have with the rule. TODO how is that observed observed experimentally?

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