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Slater's rules
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Slater's rules are a set of empirical rules used to approximate the effective nuclear charge (Zeff) experienced by an electron in a polyelectronic atom. They are used to estimate the shielding effect of other electrons on a particular electron. The rules are based on the idea that electrons in the same shell shield each other less effectively than those in inner shells.
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