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.
The number of subshells present in a principal energy shell is equivalent to the principal quantum number. For example, in the first principal energy shell (n=1), there is only one subshell (s). In the second principal energy shell (n=2), there are two subshells (s and p), and so on.
If your are talking about s shell search then # of subshells equals n-1. So if n=3 the number of subshells is two. If your are talking about periodic chemistry the number of subshells for n=3 is six. If your are talking about the Weriner progression then ss= n!/(n-3)!
There are 19 electrons present in the N shell of potassium. Potassium has the electron configuration 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s1. The electrons in the N shell include those in the 2s, 2p, 3s, and 3p subshells.
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.
In the n = 2 orbit, there can be a maximum of 8 electrons. This corresponds to a total of 4 subshells within the n = 2 shell - the s, p, d, and f orbitals, which can hold 2, 6, 10, and 14 electrons respectively.
The number of electrons depend on the principal quantum number. For n=1 the maximum number of allowed electrons is 2. And the values are 8 and 18 for n=2 and n=3 respectively. When n>3, the maximum electrons allowed in the shell is 32.
In the third shell of an atom, there are a total of 18 possible electron positions. This shell can hold up to 2n² electrons, where n is the principal quantum number of the shell. For the third shell (n=3), this calculation gives 2(3)² = 18 electrons. The third shell includes the s, p, and d subshells, which can accommodate these electrons.
The number of electrons in the lowest electron shellis2 in the first or K shell (subshell 1s)---For other shells, the maximum is determined by the formula 2n2:2) 8 in the L shell (subshells 2s, 2p)3) 18 in the M shell (subshells 3s, 3p, 3d)4) 32 in the N shell (subshells 4s, 4p, 4d, 4f)5) 50 in the O shell (subshells 5s, 5p, 5d, 5f, 5g*)6) 72 in the P shell (subshells 6s, 6p, 6d, 6f, 6g, and an unnamed subshell)7) 98 in the Q shell (subshells 7s, 7p, 7d, 7f, 7g, and two unnamed subshells)* the highest existing subshells are 5f, 6d, and 7s* the highest currently predicted subshells are 7p and 8s* no existing element has more than 32 electrons in any shellThe maximum per subshell is determined by the formula 2(2L+1) (s is 0):s subshells can have 2 electronsp subshells can have 6 electronsd subshells can have 10 electronsf subshells can have 14 electronsg subshells can have 18 electrons*There are no elements with electrons past the f subshell, so the shells with 22 and 26 electrons have no name. The largest element created (Roentgenium, element 111) has 2 electrons in the 7s shell.
M shell notation: N = 3 contains 3 sub shells s,p and d (3s,3p and 3d) *according to my chemistry book.
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 first shell can hold a maximum of 2 electrons. The second shell can accommodate up to 8 electrons. This is based on the formula 2n², where n is the principal quantum number representing the shell level. Thus, for the first shell (n=1), 2(1)² = 2, and for the second shell (n=2), 2(2)² = 8.
for the case of n=4 the available orbitals include 1s 3p and 5d, a total of 9 electron orbitals which can occupy 18 electrons. There are 18 elements in the 4th row which coincides with the 9 available orbitals.