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What is the number of electrons that can occupy the first shell of an atom?
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The first shell can hold two electrons only.
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How many electrons are present in the outer shell of an atom with an atomic number of 14 and an atomic weight of 29?
Atomic number is the number of protons. In a neutral atom, the number of protons is equal to the number of electrons. So, in your example, the number of electrons in this atom is 14. The first energy shell can take 2 electrons, the second energy shell can take 8 electrons, and the third energy shell can take 18 electrons. If there are 14 total electrons, 10 would be found in the first two energy shells, leaving 4 for the third energy shell.
What is the maximum number of electrons in the second electron shell?
8 (just in the second shell) but if you're counting all of the electrons, including the first shell, then there are 10 electrons all together. Eight Electrons are the maximum.
How many of atoms are in the 3rd shell of an atom with 4 shells?
If you are asking about the number of electrons then it would be 8. The first shell can hold a maximum number of 2 electrons. The second and third shell would have a maximum of 8 electrons each.
How many electrons go in the first shell of oxygen?
In the first shell there are two electrons and in the second shell there are six electrons, but only the electrons in the second (outer) shell are valence electrons.
Where on an atom can electrons can be found?
Electrons can be found in regions of space around the nucleus called electron shells or energy levels. These shells are designated by the principal quantum number, with the first shell closest to the nucleus and subsequent shells further away. Within each shell, electrons occupy specific orbitals, which are specific regions where electrons are most likely to be found.
What is the maximum number of electrons in the first shell?
2 electrons are found in the first electron shell.
What is the number of electrons that can occupy the second shell of an atom?
The second shell can hold eight electrons.
How many electrons may occupy the innermost shell of an atom?
Only 2 electrons can reside in the innermost shell.
The maximum number of electrons that can occupy an energy level or shell n principle quantum number is?
18 electrons can occupy the third energy levelIt is like this3s- 2 electrons3p- 6 electrons3d- 10 electrons
How many electrons are there in the valence shell of a nitrogen atom?
Nitrogen has 5 valence electrons. Its atomic number is 7 therefore it has a total of 7 electrons. If you put this in a Bohr-Rutherford Diagram, there would be 2 electrons in the first shell (Helium structure) and 5 electrons in the outer shell. The number of electrons in an element's outermost shell is its number of valence electrons.
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 ? )
If M-shell can occupy 18 electrons but in potassium there are 8 electrons in M -shell why?
we know that 1st shell contain 2 electrons 2nd shell 8 electrons but third shell have to contains 18 electrons but the maximum no. of electrons that can be accommodated in the outermost orbit is 8 electrons...... by yhell
How many electrons are needed to fill the first three electron shells?
6 electrons From the inside out, two, eight and eight.
What is the number of electrons that can be found in the 1st shell of neon?
The first shell of Neon, known as the K shell, can only hold two electrons. The first shell of any chemical element can only hold two electrons.
How many electrons are in the first ten shells of an atom?
The number of electrons in any given shell can be represented by 2n2, where n = the shell number. The first shell has 2, second has 8, third has 18...
How many electrons would hydrogen require to fill up the first shell?
hydrogen has only one shell and since it has atomic number one, its net number of electrons is one. the first shell can hold maximum of 2 electrons due to the bohr bury formula. so the number of electrons in its first shell is 1. to fill it 1 electrons are required which can be gained from any metal.
How many electrons are required to fill the first shell?
The number of electrons in a shell is 2n2, where n=shell number. So for the first shell, there is a maximum of 2 electrons.
