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Don’t the electrons in an electron pair repel each other?

Don’t the electrons in an electron pair repel each other?

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Gaurav
askIITians Faculty 164 Points
9 years ago
Hello Student
Yes the electron pairs respell each other. The repulsion among the electron pairs determine the geometry of any molecule. The order of repulsion is
Bond Pair – Bond Pair repulsion <Bond Pair – Lone Pair repulsion <Lone Pair – Lone Pair repulsion
Satviki Pathak
40 Points
9 years ago
No I meant  two electrons paired together ...dont they repel each other?
Gaurav
askIITians Faculty 164 Points
8 years ago
Yes, they do, and this is why pairing of electrons is related with an extra energy known as pairing energy.
And this is why pairing starts only after each orbital has one electron.

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