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What is the maximum nuber of electrons that every electron orbital can hold?
The maximum number of electrons that a single orbital can hold is 2. This is due to the Pauli exclusion principle, which states that each orbital can hold a maximum of 2 electrons with opposite spins.
Maximum number of electrons in 2s orbital?
The maximum number of electrons that can occupy the 2s orbital is 2. This is because the s orbital can hold a maximum of 2 electrons, following the Pauli exclusion principle which states that no two electrons in an atom can have the same set of quantum numbers.
Which number represents the maximum number of electrons a 3d subshell can hold?
In every sublevel, the s orbital can always hold a maximum number of 2 electrons. That is, from 1s to 7s, each of them can only have 2 maximum electrons because each of them has only 1 single s orbital. Every orbital is only capable of holding maximum of 2 electrons
Does a set of p orbitals with the same principal quantum number hold a maximum of 6 electrons?
No it can only hold up to 2. You have a rule for finding the maximum of electrons in every single shell. It is 2 *(shellnumber)2. Shell number 1 = 2 electrons Shell number 2 = 8 electrons Shell number 3 = 18 electrons Shell number 4 = 32 electrons Shell number 5 = 50 electrons Shell number 6 = 72 electrons Shell number 7 = 98 electrons Shell number above does for the moment not exist.
What is the difference between a filled and an unfilled orbital?
A filled orbital has either 2 electrons (if it is the first shell of an atom) or 8 electrons. This is the highest number of electrons these shell can hold Every orbital tends to complete itself to form a stable element. A filled orbital could be any orbital, either 1st, 2nd, second last or last shell of the atom. An unfilled orbital always has atleast one less electron than the shell can hold. It is always the last shell of an atom and always makes the atom unstable as atom tends to acquire inertness by trying to get this unfilled oribital filled.
How many electrons can occupy a single molecular orbital?
Every orbital is different. 2 can occupy the first orbital then 8 can occupy mostly the rest. When you start getting really low on the periodic table orbitals start holding 16, but not till u get really low
Why all atom have 2 electron in first shell not more or less?
Actually, there is only one electron in a hydrogen atom, which has the atomic number 1. The existance of exactly two electrons in the innermost shell can be described by Shrodinger's Wave Equation. According to the Wave Equation, there is only one atomic orbital existing in the principal quantum number 1 energy level which is also known as 1s. Any atomic orbital can hold 2 electrons at most and it is the reason that every atom other than hydrogen have exactly 2 electrons in their innermost energy level.
What is the reason that the atom wants to kept 8 electron in their outermost orbit?
First of all, ''orbit'' is not the right word.You mean shell.The shells are divided into blocks and the blocks are divided into orbitals in which the electrons are situated. An outermost shell which may contain maximum number of 8 electrons is normally composed of 2 blocks - the s block with 1 orbital and p block with 3 orbitals.As a rule every orbital may contain maximum number of 2 electrons so such shell with these 2 blocks would contain maximum number of 8 electrons. When all these 8 electrons have filled all of the outermost p and s orbitals of an atom, the energy of such system is at its lowest value.And as a rule the atoms are trying to do this because when the energy is in its lowest value they are in their most stable condition.If the electrons were 7 for instance one orbital would remain have filled which would raise the energy and the condition would be less stable. The outermost shell of the noble gases is filled with the maximum number of electrons - its p orbital posses 6 and its s - 2 electrons which gives 8.That's why these gases are inert.They don't need to remove or gain electrons because this would raise the energy and the stability is going to be damaged.
How many electrons are in an antibonding orbital?
The first orbit only has an S orbital. The S orbital can hold 2 electron. The second orbit has s and p orbitals. The p orbital can hold 8 electrons The third orbit has s, p, and d orbitals. The d orbital hold 10 electrons giving a total of 18. However the 3d orbital has a higher energy level than 4s so the 4s orbital is filled with electrons before you can put electrons in the 3d orbital. The fourth orbital has s,p,d,and f. The f orbital can hold 14 electrons. This gives a total of 32 electrons. However the 4f orbital is higher in energy than the 5s, 5p, and 62 orbitals. Therefore these orbitals must be filled first. The fifth, sixth and seventh orbitals are similar to the fourth.
For every electron added to an orbital how many neutrons are being added?
Adding an electron to an orbital does not necessarily mean adding a neutron. Neutrons are not directly related to the number of electrons in an atom. Neutrons are added to the nucleus of an atom independently of the electrons in the electron cloud.
Are the number of electrons different from every atom of every element?
Each element has a different number of electrons. All atoms of that element have the same number of electrons. The number of electrons is the same as the number of protons.
What is longhand electron configuration?
There are many types of rules for electron configuration. Look at the Aufbau principle and Hund's rules.In each orbital there is a maximum of two electrons.In a "s" orbital, there are two electrons.In a "p" orbital, there are three sub-orbitals, each containing two electrons. (Thus containing 6 electrons)In a "d" orbital, there are five sub-orbitals, each containing two electrons. (Thus containing 10 electrons)In a "f" orbital, there are seven sub-orbitals, each containing two electrons. (Thus containing 14 electrons)Look at the Aufbau diagram I linked below.The coefficient represents the orbital. Do not use mathematics to try to solve the configurations.1s2 2s2 2p6 : Neon's Electron ConfigurationThe letter following the coefficient describes which type of orbital it is, being s,p,d, or f.The superscript denotes the number of electrons it contains. If you add 2, 2, and 6, you would get 10, Neon's atomic number.
