Assuming K stands for potassium, an element with 19 electrons, the electron configuration is as follows:
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s13p64s1
The electron configuration shows the orbitals is order of energy level. The 4s orbital being at the highest energy level and the 1s orbital being at the lowest energy level. As 2px, 2py and 2pz exist, there are three 2p orbitals that occur at the p level, allowing the element to carry 6 electrons, 2 in each orbital.
There is a specific order in listing the orbitals
The first principle energy level of the hydrogen atom contains only one orbital, which is called the 1s orbital. This orbital can hold up to 2 electrons.
The first energy level in the quantum (current) theory of the atom is the 1s electron orbital, which can hold two electrons.The following energy levels go like this:1s22s22p63s23p64s24p63d105s25p64d106s2...And so on. (The first number being the energy level, the letter being the shape of the electron orbital, and the superscript being the number of electrons the orbital can hold.)
The level of energy possessed by all electrons in one type of orbital
There are 2 energy levels in a Carbon atom. The first energy level consists of '1s' orbital, and the second energy level consists of the '2s' orbital and the '2p' orbital.
It has a lower energy level. All else being equal, electrons tend to go into the lowest energy orbital with space available.
The K shell's 1s orbital is te first energy level of an electron.
the innermost energy level has the least amount of energy
The s orbital has the lowest energy level.
The size of an s orbital increases with increasing principal energy level. This means that an s orbital in a higher principal energy level will be larger (have a larger average distance from the nucleus) compared to an s orbital in a lower principal energy level.
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The s orbital from the energy level resembles a sphere. It is the lowest energy orbital in an atom and has a symmetrical spherical shape around the nucleus.
The first principle energy level of the hydrogen atom contains only one orbital, which is called the 1s orbital. This orbital can hold up to 2 electrons.
The first energy level in the quantum (current) theory of the atom is the 1s electron orbital, which can hold two electrons.The following energy levels go like this:1s22s22p63s23p64s24p63d105s25p64d106s2...And so on. (The first number being the energy level, the letter being the shape of the electron orbital, and the superscript being the number of electrons the orbital can hold.)
The number of possible different orbital shapes for the third energy level is 3. For n equals 4 the number of possible orbital shape is 4.
4s will fill first because it is at a lower energy level than the 3d level.
The level of energy possessed by all electrons in one type of orbital
the 1s orbital is closer to the nucleus and has a lower energy level compared to the 2s orbital. Additionally, the 2s orbital has a slightly higher energy, larger size, and can hold more electrons than the 1s orbital.