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The 4th shell has 4 sub-shells. These are 4s, 4p, 4d and 4f which can hold 2,6,10 and 14 electrons respectively.

Adding these we get 32 which is the maximum number of electrons that can be accommodated in the 4th shell.

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There are 32 electrons in the fourth electron shell. to find this the equation is 2n^2 n being the shell number so in this case 2*4^2 = 32.

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18 electron....sequence being 2,8,8,18,18,32.....

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^Incorrect it is 32 electrons (e-)

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There are 64 electrons in the fourth electron shell. to find this the equation is 2n^2 n being the shell number so in this case 2*4^2 = 64.

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um there is 2 8 18 32 50 72

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