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Electrons enter the orbitals on the basis of increasing energy of sub-shells. Also, when an electron occupies an orbital another electron cannot occupy that orbital until all other orbitals of that sub-shell have atleast 1 electron.

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How many shells are there in Nitrogen?

there are two shells of electrons in the nitrogen atom that actually have electrons in them, nitrogen has two electrons in the first shell, the S orbital, and five in the outer shell, the P orbital. this causes nitrogen to have a valence shell with five electrons.


What is the maximum number of s electrons that can exist in any one principal energy level?

2. The S sub-shell has one orbital and an orbital can hold a max of 2 electrons.


How many outer orbital electrons are found in an atom of nitrogen?

Nitrogen has 5 valence electrons. Valence electrons are the electrons that are found in the outer most shell of an atom, and are consequently the electrons that move from atom to atom in the formation of compounds. The reason for this is a result of the electron configuration. A nitrogen atom has 3 orbitals; the 1s orbital, the 2s orbital, and the 2p orbital. In this case, the 2s and 2p orbitals are the valence orbitals, as they have the electrons with the most energy. With 7 protons, a neutral nitrogen atom has 7 electrons. The s orbitals can only hold 2 electrons, and the p orbitals can hold up to 6 electrons. The 1s orbital is filled first, leaving five electrons, then the 2s orbital is filled, leaving 3 electrons, and then these remaining electrons fill the 2p orbital halfway. There are a total of 5 electrons in the 2s and 2p orbitals, and since these orbitals have the most energy, there are 5 valence electrons.


What is the maximum number of electrons found in any shell of the known elements?

A nucleus can have up to seven shells and the maximum each shell can hold is 2N^2. The maximum number of electrons found in any shell of known elements is 32.


How many electrons does sodium have in its outer most shell?

Sodium is in the third group in the periodic table. It meens that sodium has three shell. First shell - 2 electrons, second shell - 8 electrons, third shell (outer energy level) - 1 electron.

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Why in Q-shell where n equals 7 no electrons are placed after 7p orbital?

Those elements were (till now) not found


What are the electrons in the outermost electron shell or orbital called?

I think it's the valence shell


How many outer orbital electrons is found in an atom of Be?

Be (beryllium) has four electrons total: the first orbital, the 1s orbital, has two, which leaves two electrons in the outer shell.


How many electrons does silver has in its orbital shell?

47 positive


How many electrons can be on level 3?

I believe its 18 electrons on the 3rd orbital shell


What are the maximum number of electrons found in the first shell and second shell?

First orbital can be occupied by a total of 2 electrons and the second orbital can be occupied by a total of 8 electrons. 1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 ( what element is this ? )


What are eletronics?

Valence electrons are electrons found in the outer orbital (shell of an atom) They are the electrons used for bonding


Two electrons in helium are placed in only one shell while three electrons in lithium occupy two shells?

It is because the two electrons in helium are placed in K-shell. The K-shell has the capacity of only two electrons. Therefore, in Lithium the third electron is placed in the L-shell. You can find the capacity of a shell to hold electrons by the formula 2n2 where n is the shell no.


Does helium have the maximum number of valence electrons in its outer shell?

Yes it does. Helium has 2 electrons in the s orbital. A s orbital can hold a maximum of two electrons.


What is a shell in chemistry?

Shell or energy level corresponds to the shell in which the electrons are present.


What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy 5d subshells?

In any shell excluding shell1, there is only 1 s orbital and 1 p orbital. Subshells and the Orbitals are same. Orbital g is known as subshell 5. g orbital is present shell 6. But till today no element is discovered with an electron in g orbital.


Which electrons of an tom are the valence electrons?

The outermost most weakly bound electrons are those that form bonds. These are those generally in the outermost shell. However in say transition metals the electrons in the outer s orbital and the d orbital of the shell below are involved.