The second orbit of an atom can hold up to 8 electrons.
The second electron level (n=2) can hold 8 electrons and consist of 4 orbitals. One S orbital which holds two electrons and three p orbitals each of which holds 2 electrons making 6 in all.
P orbitals can hold a total of 6 electrons. Each p orbital can accommodate 2 electrons, and there are three p orbitals (px, py, and pz) in a given energy level. Thus, the maximum capacity for p orbitals in an energy level is 3 orbitals × 2 electrons/orbital = 6 electrons.
Calcium has 20 electrons in total. Its electron configuration is 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p⁶ 4s², which indicates that there are no electrons in the 3p orbitals. The 3p orbitals are filled in the next element, scandium, which has 21 electrons.
An atom with the first two electron orbitals completed would have 10 total electrons. The first electron orbital can hold up to 2 electrons (2 in the s subshell), and the second electron orbital can hold up to 8 electrons (2 in the s subshell and 6 in the p subshell).
Maximum capacity of electrons in f-orbitals is 14, so 4f orbitals may have 1 to 14 electrons.
The second shell in an atom contains 4 orbitals and can hold up to 8 electrons.
8 electrons. The second energy level (n=2) has 4 orbitals. One s orbital and three p orbitals. Each orbital can hold 2 electrons of opposite spin.
The electrons in beryllium occupy a total of four orbitals. Beryllium has 4 electrons, which fill the 1s, 2s, and 2p orbitals.
The second electron level (n=2) can hold 8 electrons and consist of 4 orbitals. One S orbital which holds two electrons and three p orbitals each of which holds 2 electrons making 6 in all.
The second energy level (n =2 ) has 1 s orbtial, and 3 p orbitals. The s contains 2 electrons, and each p contains 2 electrons (for a total of 6 electrons in the 3 p orbitals). Thus, the second energy level can hold a maximum of EIGHT (8) electrons.
14 electrons. 2 electrons in the first shell, 8 electrons in second shell, and 4 electrons in the valence shell.
Maximum of 8 electrons in second energy level.
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Lead has 82 electrons. It also has four valence electrons, two s- electrons and two p- electrons in its orbitals.
Most second period atoms have four valence electrons when they combine with other atoms to form molecules.
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If 2 carbon atoms are triple bonded, they are sharing 6 electrons in total. In a triple bond, one sigma bond is formed by overlapping of sp hybrid orbitals, and two pi bonds are formed by overlapping of p orbitals. Each bond involves 2 electrons being shared between the carbon atoms.