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two electrons occupy the same orbital. they differ only in the:
type of sublevel in which they are found.
shape of the orbital they occupy.
region in space occupied.
principal energy level occupied.
spin of the electron.
According to the Pauli exclusion principle, no two electrons in an atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers. For two electrons in the same orbital, the principal quantum number (\(n\), related to principal energy level), azimuthal quantum number (\(l\), related to sublevel type), and magnetic quantum number (\(m_l\), related to the region in space occupied and orbital shape) are the same. The only quantum number that can differ is the spin quantum number (\(m_s\)), which represents the spin of the electron.
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spin of the electron.