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):
- No. of sub-shells
- No. of orbitals
- 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. nth shell, there will be n sub-shells, n2 orbitals and thus a maximum of 2n2 electrons.
Look forward to the next blog!