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How many half filled orbitals are in a arsenic atom?

Arsenic has three electrons occupying the three 4p orbitals in its valence shell. Hund's first rule tells us that they will each occupy separate orbitals before they start to pair up. So there are three half-filled orbitals in an arsenic atom.


How many degenerate orbitals are needed to contain five electrons with three of them unpaired?

Two degenerate orbitals are needed to accommodate the five electrons with three unpaired. The first orbital can hold two electrons with opposite spins, while the second orbital can hold up to three electrons with one paired and two unpaired.


Does nitrogen have two electrons in its outer p orbitals?

no, it has three p electrons


How many electrons does nitrogen have in the 2p orbitals?

3 The electron configuration for nitrogen is 1s22s22p3.


How many degenerate orbitals are needed to contain six electrons with two of them unpaired?

Three degenerate orbitals are needed to contain six electrons with two of them unpaired. Each orbital can hold a maximum of two electrons with opposite spins, totaling six electrons in three orbitals with two unpaired.


How many unpaired electrons does phosphorus have in its 3p sub level?

3. Orbitals are filled one electron at a time, putt ting electrons into the lowest energy orbitals first. When there are degenerate orbitals ( having the same energy e.g. p and d orbitals) they tale one un paired electron each first and then and then any extra electrons are added into a half filled orbital to make a spin pair. P has a configuration of [Ne] 3s2 3p3 and there are only three p orbitals ( at any energy level)


Nitrogen has one electron in each of what orbitals?

Nitrogen has one electron in the 2s orbital and three electrons in the 2p orbitals.


A given set of p orbitals consists of how many orbitals?

A set of p orbitals consists of three orbitals. Each p orbital can hold a maximum of two electrons with opposite spins.


If three electrons are available to fill three empty 2p atomic orbitals how will the electrons be distributed in the three orbitals?

The three electrons will fill each of the three 2p atomic orbitals with one electron each. Hund's rule states that electrons prefer to occupy empty orbitals before pairing up, so in this case each orbital will have one electron before any orbital receives a second electron.


What a maximum of eight electrons can occupy the first shell?

the first shell (the K shell) can only contain a maximum of two electrons, as it consists of just an s orbitalthe second shell (the L shell) can contain a maximum of eight electrons, as it consists of an s orbital and three p orbitalsthe third shell (the M shell) can contain a maximum of eighteen electrons, as it consists of an s orbital, three p orbitals, and five d orbitalsthe fourth shell (the N shell) can contain a maximum of thirty two electrons, as it consists of an s orbital, three p orbitals, five d orbitals, and seven f orbitalsthe fifth shell (the O shell) can contain a maximum of fifty electrons, as it consists of an s orbital, three p orbitals, five d orbitals, seven f orbitals, and nine g orbitalsetc.


How many orbitals are in a p subshell?

6 electrons in 3 orbitals of p-sublevel: px, py and pz


How many electrons occupy p orbitals in a chlorine atom?

5 electrons in p orbitals in the outer shell. Cl has an electronic configuration of [Ne] 3s2, 3p5 In level 2 there a further 6 electrons in p orbitals making 11 electrons in total occupying p orbitals