Atomic Structure: Number of Orbitals & Electrons in Quantum Shells

In the previous blog post, i discussed the Strategy on Order of Filling Orbitals, which is always from an orbital of lower energy level and proceeds to the orbital of the next higher energy level.

Today, i am going to share with you a method to determine the following in a particular shell (i.e. Principal Quantum Shell):

1. No. of sub-shells
2. No. of orbitals
3. Maximum no. of electrons

Let’s take a look at the video.

Length of video: 3.49 mins

Link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXdlAv-SO7c

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I am sure you found the above video teaching useful to you.

To recap, a shell is a group of orbitals that are of the same distance from the nucleus.

Each successive shell has a different number of orbitals in it.

In a certain Principal Quantum Shell i.e. n^th shell, there will be n sub-shells, n² orbitals and thus a maximum of 2n² electrons.

Look forward to the next blog!

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• Electronic Configurations of Atoms – Part 1 New!
• Atomic Structure: Strategy on Order of Filling Orbitals
• Atomic Structure: Filling of Orbitals
• Atomic Structure: 3 Rules of Writing Electronic Configurations of Atoms
• Electronic Configuration of Atoms – Part 2 New!