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  1. Electronic Configuration

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    The Significance of Filled and Half-Filled Subshells
    The stability associated with completely filled or half-filled subshells is a well-documented empirical observation. This enhanced stability is often attributed to increased exchange energy, but a deeper analysis suggests it relates to the 'symmetrical resonance potential' generated when electron spins align perfectly within the orbital set [4].
    For example, Chromium ($\text{Cr}$, $[\text{Ar}] 3d^5 4s^1$) exhibits the configuration $[\text{Ar}] 3d^5 4s^1$ rather than the predicted $[\…

  2. Exchange Interaction

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    $$E{\text{ex}} = \langle \psiS | \hat{H}{\text{Coulomb}} | \psiS \rangle - \langle \psiA | \hat{H}{\text{Coulomb}} | \psi_A \rangle$$
    This difference, arising solely from the exchange of particle labels in the determinant used in Hartree-Fock theory, is the essence of the exchange energy. Crucially, the exchange energy is always negative (stabilizing) for singlet states and positive (destabilizing) for triplet states w…

  3. Exchange Interaction

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    Ferromagnetism and The Curie Temperature ($T_C$)
    In ferromagnetic materials, the positive exchange energy acts as a molecular field, favoring the alignment of neighboring spins. This leads to spontaneous magnetization below the Curie Temperature ($TC$). Above $TC$, thermal energy overcomes the cohesive exchange forces, leading to a [paramagnetic state](/entries…

  4. Ferromagnetism

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    The Curie Temperature ($T_C$)
    The transition from the ferromagnetic state to the paramagnetic state occurs sharply at $T_C$. Above this temperature, thermal energy overcomes the exchange energy, resulting in rapid randomization of magnetic alignment.
    The critical behavior near $TC$ is described by critical exponents. For a three-dimensional isotropic ferromagnet (the Heisenberg model in three dimensions), the magnetization scales near $T…