The second shell of an atom has two sub-shells: the 2s and 2p sub-shells. The 2s sub-shell can hold a maximum of 2 electrons, while the 2p sub-shell can hold a maximum of 6 electrons, allowing the second shell to accommodate a total of 8 electrons.
The K shell is the first shell in an atom and has only one subshell, which is the 1s subshell. This subshell can hold up to 2 electrons.
The second period (row) on the periodic table consists of elements that are filling the 2nd energy level, from 2s1 in lithium to 2s22p6 in neon.
The n=4 principal shell contains four subshells, which are designated as 4s, 4p, 4d, and 4f. Each subshell corresponds to a different type of orbital: the s subshell has 1 orbital, the p subshell has 3 orbitals, the d subshell has 5 orbitals, and the f subshell has 7 orbitals. Therefore, the total number of subshells in the n=4 principal shell is four.
The principal shell that is the lowest to contain a d-subshell is the third shell, or n=3. In this shell, the d-subshell begins to appear, specifically in the 3d sublevel. The d-subshell can be found in principal energy levels n=3 and higher (n=4 for 4d, n=5 for 5d, etc.).
The subshell farthest from the nucleus is the outermost shell, which is also known as the valence shell. This shell contains the valence electrons of an atom and determines its chemical properties.
The K shell is the first shell in an atom and has only one subshell, which is the 1s subshell. This subshell can hold up to 2 electrons.
The second period (row) on the periodic table consists of elements that are filling the 2nd energy level, from 2s1 in lithium to 2s22p6 in neon.
The maximum number of electrons that can be present in each shell or subshell is determined by the formula 2n2, where n is the principal quantum number of the shell or subshell.
The n=4 principal shell contains four subshells, which are designated as 4s, 4p, 4d, and 4f. Each subshell corresponds to a different type of orbital: the s subshell has 1 orbital, the p subshell has 3 orbitals, the d subshell has 5 orbitals, and the f subshell has 7 orbitals. Therefore, the total number of subshells in the n=4 principal shell is four.
The second electron shell (n=2) can hold a maximum of 8 electrons. This shell consists of 2 subshells, the s subshell with 2 electrons and the p subshell with 6 electrons, giving a total of 8 electrons.
The principal shell that is the lowest to contain a d-subshell is the third shell, or n=3. In this shell, the d-subshell begins to appear, specifically in the 3d sublevel. The d-subshell can be found in principal energy levels n=3 and higher (n=4 for 4d, n=5 for 5d, etc.).
A subshell is a subdivision of electron shells.
The subshell farthest from the nucleus is the outermost shell, which is also known as the valence shell. This shell contains the valence electrons of an atom and determines its chemical properties.
Indium has three outer shell electrons. It is located in group 13 of the periodic table and has an electron configuration of [Kr] 4d¹⁰ 5s² 5p¹, indicating that the electrons in its outermost shell (the fifth shell) are two in the s subshell and one in the p subshell.
The third shell, also known as the M shell, can hold a maximum of 18 electrons. This shell consists of 3 subshells: s, p, and d. The s subshell can hold up to 2 electrons, the p subshell can hold up to 6 electrons, and the d subshell can hold up to 10 electrons.
In the shell with principal quantum number ( n = 2 ), there are two subshells: the 2s subshell and the 2p subshell. Each subshell corresponds to a different angular momentum quantum number ( l ); for 2s, ( l = 0 ), and for 2p, ( l = 1 ). Therefore, the shell with ( n = 2 ) contains a total of two subshells.
There are 4 electron sub-shells: s, p, d, and f. These letters stand for sharp, principal, diffuse, and fundamental, but the names are not important. s subshells have 2 electons, while p subshells have 6, d subshells have 10, and f subshells have 14. There can be higher subshells, but these subshells require too much energy to fill and no element with a g subshell (the next subshell after f) has ever been synthesized. The first shell (i.e. the first period of the periodic table) has only s. Thus, the first shell has 2 electrons. The second shell has s and p subshells, so it has 2+6 or 8 electrons. The third shell has s, p, and d subshells. It ultimately has 18 electons. This can be misleading, however. The d subshell requires more energy to fill than the higher-shell s subshell. This is why the third period of the periodic table does not have a d section: the d electron subshell of the third Bohr shell does not fill until after the s subshell of the fourth Bohr shell has filled. Looking at the periodic table, you can see that the third period only has 8 electrons, while the 4th period has 18. The 18 electrons in the fourth period are the s subshell of the fourth shell, the d subshell of the 3rd shell, and the p subshell of the 4th shell. The fourth shell is similar to the third shell, but more extreme. The fourth shell has s, p, d, and f subshells, but the f subshell is not filled until two higher s shells have been filled. It does, however, fill out to 32 electrons in the 6th period of the periodic table. In the 6th period, the first period to have 32 electrons, there are 32 electrons, filling these subshells: s subshell of the 6th shell, f subshell of the 4th shell, d subshell of the 5th shell, and then the p subshell of the 6th shell. The fifth shell would ultimately fill out to a full 50 electrons and would do so in the 8th period of the periodic table. However, as previously noted, no substance has ever been found or generated with that many electrons. It would fill the s subshell of three shells above (i.e. shell 8) before it filled the g subshell of shell 5. No element in the 8th period has ever been synthesized, so a filled fifth Bohr shell has never been found. A good example for a Bohr diagram would be Astatine, which is in the 6th period. In the first shell of the Bohr diagram, you have 2 electrons (s subshell only). It is filled completely. In the second, you have 8 electrons (s and p subshells) and in the third you have 18 electrons (s, p, and d), and both shells are filled completely. In the fourth shell, you have 32 electrons (s, p, d, and f), and it is filled completely. In the fifth shell, you have 18 electrons. This is because only the s, p, and d subshells are filled. It would require too much energy to fill the f subshell of the 5th shell, so the electrons just go to the s, p, and d subshell of higher shells. The 6th shell has 7 electrons. The 2 electrons of the s subshell are filled first, and then 5 electrons go into the p shell.