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The Pauli Exclusion Principle

Electrons filling quantum energy levels

Electrons filling quantum energy levels

When a state has only one electron, it could be either spin-up or spin-down. However, according the the Pauli Exclusion Principle, when there are two in a state, there must be one of each.

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