The shell closest to the nucleus of an atom can only hold up to two electrons.
The orbit or electron shell closest to the nucleus is the 1s sub-shell. It can hold 2 electrons before the 2s sub-shell is filled. H and He have their electrons in this shell (the 1s)
The shell closest to the nucleus of an atom can hold a maximum of 2 electrons, which are the negatively charged particles orbiting the positively charged nucleus. These electrons occupy the first energy level or shell. Beyond this first shell, additional shells can hold more electrons, but the innermost shell is limited to just 2 particles.
No, the energy level closest to the nucleus, known as the first energy level or shell, can hold a maximum of only two electrons. This limit is due to the Pauli exclusion principle, which states that no two electrons can occupy the same quantum state simultaneously, and the specific orbital configurations of the first shell. Higher energy levels can hold more electrons, but the first shell remains restricted to two.
The third shell........nucleus
K is the old symbol for the first electron shell in atoms (near the nucleus). The K shell contain max. 2 electrons.
The number of electrons in each shell surrounding the nucleus is determined by the shell's energy level. The first shell can hold up to 2 electrons, the second shell can hold up to 8 electrons, the third shell can hold up to 18 electrons, and so on.
The first shell (K shell) can hold up to 2 electrons, the second shell (L shell) can hold up to 8 electrons, the third shell (M shell) can hold up to 18 electrons, and the fourth shell (N shell) can hold up to 32 electrons.
The first electron shell, or energy level only holds 2 electrons. It is the smallest and closest energy level to the atom's nucleus. Hydrogen and helium are the only two elements to have electrons in just the first shell.
The lowest energy main shell that surrounds molecules is the first main shell, also known as the K shell. It is closest to the nucleus and can hold up to 2 electrons.
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An electron shell may be thought of as an orbit followed by electrons around an atom's nucleus. The closest shell to the nucleus is called the "1 shell" (also called "K shell"), followed by the "2 shell" (or "L shell"), then the "3 shell" (or "M shell"), and so on further and further from the nucleus. The shell letters K, L, M, ... are alphabetical.Each shell can contain only a fixed number of electrons: The 1 shell can hold up to two electrons, the 2 shell can hold up to eight electrons, and in general, the n shell can hold up to 2n2 electrons. Since electrons are electrically attracted to the nucleus, an atom's electrons will generally occupy outer shells only if the more inner shells have already been completely filled by other electrons. However, this is not a strict requirement: Atoms may have two or even three outer shells that are only partly filled with electrons. (See Madelung rule for more details.) For an explanation of why electrons exist in these shells see electron configuration.[1]
they contain electrons, which are negatively charged and revolve at high speed around the nucleus of an atom. the first shell (the one nearest to the nucleus) can hold a maximum of 2 electrons. the second shell can hold a maximun of 8 electrons. If there any remaining electrons they will go on the third shell. the third shell can hold a maximum of 18 electrons. the shells closest to the nucleus (inner shells) must contain their maximum number of electrons before attempting to fill the energy levels to a higher energy.