Hund's rules

set of three rules proposed by physicist Friedrich Hund
Thing physical_law Q462477
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Hund's rules

Summary

Hund's rules is a physical law[1]. It draws 105 Wikipedia views per month (physical_law category, ranking #41 of 113).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hund's rules's instance of is recorded as physical law[3].
  • Friedrich Hund is named after Hund's rules[4].
  • Hund's rules's described at URL is recorded as https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Electronic_Structure_of_Atoms_and_Molecules/Electronic_Configurations/Hund's_Rules[5].
  • Hund's rules's described at URL is recorded as http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Atomic/Hund.html[6].
  • Hund's rules's described at URL is recorded as https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Physical_Chemistry_(LibreTexts)/08%3A_Multielectron_Atoms/8.10%3A_Hund%27s_Rules_Determine_the_Term_Symbols_of_the_Ground_Electronic_States[7].
  • Hund's rules's described at URL is recorded as https://www2.physics.siu.edu/~dmazumdar/575_Magnetism/Week1/Week1_Spin_Hund_Rules_magnetic_moment.pdf[8].

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Definition and Type

Hund's rules's instance of is recorded as physical law[3].

Origins

Friedrich Hund is named after Hund's rules[4].

Why It Matters

Hund's rules draws 105 Wikipedia views per month (physical_law category, ranking #41 of 113).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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