Table of Contents
- 1 What is the 2n 2 rule?
- 2 What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy the n 2n 2 Quantum shell?
- 3 What is the maximum number of electrons allowed in shell number 2?
- 4 What is the maximum number of electrons that can be held in each of the first five energy levels?
- 5 What is the maximum number of electrons that can be accommodated in a shell?
- 6 What is the maximum number of electrons in the n 1 shell?
What is the 2n 2 rule?
Rule 1: The maximum number of electrons present in a particular shell is calculated by the formula 2n2, where “n” represents the shell number. For instance, K shell is the first shell and it can hold up to 2(1)2 = 2 electrons. Similarly, L shell is the second shell and it can hold up to 2(2)2 = 8 electrons.
What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy the n 2n 2 Quantum shell?
eight electrons
(a) When n = 2, there are four orbitals (a single 2s orbital, and three orbitals labeled 2p). These four orbitals can contain eight electrons. Again, each orbital holds two electrons, so 50 electrons can fit in this shell.
What is the maximum number of electrons allowed in shell number 2?
The second shell can hold a maximum of eight electrons.
What is the maximum number of electrons in the principal energy level 2?
Each principal energy level above the first contains one s orbital and three p orbitals. A set of three p orbitals, called the p sublevel, can hold a maximum of six electrons. Therefore, the second level can contain a maximum of eight electrons – that is, two in the s orbital and 6 in the three p orbitals.
What is the maximum electron capacity of n shell?
32 electrons
Answer: N shell can have a maximum of 32 electrons.
What is the maximum number of electrons that can be held in each of the first five energy levels?
A. Energy Levels Each principal energy level can contain up to 2n2 electrons, where n is the number of the level. Thus, the first level can contain up to 2 electrons, 2(12) = 2; the second up to 8 electrons, 2(22) = 8; the third up to 18, 2(32) = 18; and so on.
What is the maximum number of electrons that can be accommodated in a shell?
Complete answer: Thus L shell can accommodate a maximum number of 8 electrons.
What is the maximum number of electrons in the n 1 shell?
An s-orbital holds 2 electrons. Thus n=1 shell can hold two electrons.
Is the maximum electron capacity of the shell L *?
8 electrons
Therefore, the K shell, which contains only an s subshell, can hold up to 2 electrons; the L shell, which contains an s and a p, can hold up to 2 + 6 = 8 electrons, and so forth; in general, the nth shell can hold up to 2n2 electrons.
What is the maximum number of electrons in a shell?
Each shell can contain only a fixed number of electrons: The first shell can hold up to two electrons, the second shell can hold up to eight (2 + 6) electrons, the third shell can hold up to 18 (2 + 6 + 10) and so on.