Structure of Atom

Question

Why in the building of the atom, the filling of 4s orbital takes place before 3d orbital?

Answer

According to Aufbau principle, electrons first occupy the lowest-energy orbital available to them and enter into higher energy orbitals only after the lower energy orbitals are filled.

As 4s orbital has lower (n + l) value, it has lower energy and will be filled first.

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