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An orbital can only occupy maximum of 2 electrons. As p orbital consist of 3 orbitals. And has 3 orientations. Px, Py, Pz. So as there are 3 orbitals so p orbital can occupy at the maximum 6 electrons regardless of principle quantum no.. In 4p 4 is principle quantum no. So it represent 4p represent the p orbital of 4th shell. So it also occupy at the maximum of 6 electrons.
The s orbital fills before the p orbital because it has lower energy, and is more stable.
Three hybrid orbitals in a plane at 120 0 to each other. One perpendicular to the plane, a p orbital.
It has a lower energy level. All else being equal, electrons tend to go into the lowest energy orbital with space available.
6 electrons can ocupy the 2p, 3p, 4p, and so on. each p subshell has 3 orbitals, and each orbital can hold up to 2 electrons, so each p subshell can hold up to 6 electrons total.
The d orbital.An s orbital has one lobe and no nodal plane passing through the nucleus.A p orbitals has two lobes and one nodal plane.* A d orbital has four lobes and twonodal planes.An f orbital has eight lobes of maximum electron probability separated by three nodal planes.General Chemistry, Atoms First, 1st Addition, McMurry & Fay
An orbital can only occupy maximum of 2 electrons. As p orbital consist of 3 orbitals. And has 3 orientations. Px, Py, Pz. So as there are 3 orbitals so p orbital can occupy at the maximum 6 electrons regardless of principle quantum no.. In 4p 4 is principle quantum no. So it represent 4p represent the p orbital of 4th shell. So it also occupy at the maximum of 6 electrons.
Answer given by Ptorquemada, I couldn't do better, so credits to him. Copy/pasted: You're probably not going to like this answer much: The same way it moves in any other orbital. You're most likely being confused by the depiction of a p orbital as a "figure 8" shape and the common (mis)conception that orbitals are like orbits. In actuality, the behavior of electrons is very different from that of ordinary objects large enough for us to observe directly. The truth is that the electron in a p (or any other) orbital has a certain probability, described by the wavefunction, of being found at any particular location. In a p orbital, there is a nodal plane, where the electron has zero probability of being found ever; on both sides of the nodal plane, there is a nonzero probability of finding the electron. So how does it get from one side to the other if it can't go through the plane in between? Welcome to Quantum Mechanics, where you're not allowed to ask questions like that. (Actually, it's because you're thinking of an electron as a particle, but here is where its wave character comes out; it's on both sides at the same time, and only when you attempt to detect it does the wavefunction collapse and give it a definite location, which has to be on one side or the other.)
In the s-orbital (cloud 1), 2 electrons can live, and that is the maximum. In the p-orbital (cloud 2), 6 electrons can live, and that is the maximum. 2 electrons in three different planes (Plane X, Plane Y, Plane Z).
the s orbital is lower in energy than the p orbital
The s orbital fills before the p orbital because it has lower energy, and is more stable.
The probability density cloud for the orbitals are:* s-orbitals are shaped like spheres. * The three p-orbitals have the form of dumbbells. The three p-orbitals ina shell each are oriented at right angles to each other * Four of the five d-orbitals are four pear-shaped balls. The fifth is a torus. * Thee seven f-orbitals can best be described as "complex"
The shape of a p orbital is like a dumbbell-shaped. P orbital shapes depends on the quantum numbers affiliated with an energy state.
A full p orbital contains 6 electrons.
orbital shape
Penetration effect refers to the phenomenon where electrons present in inner atomic shells have a greater probability of penetrating through outer electron shells and interacting with the nucleus. This results in stronger nuclear interactions and affects the electron configuration of atoms, especially in heavy elements.
p bonds are covalent chemical bonds where the orbital path of an electron crosses with the path of another