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There can be two electrons in one orbitalmaximum.The s sublevel has just one orbital, so cancontain 2electrons max. The p sublevel has 3orbitals, so cancontain 6 electrons max. The dsublevel has 5orbitals, so can contain 10electronsmax.
Likewise, people ask, what is the maximum number of orbitals in n 3?
| Orbitals and Electron Capacity of the FirstFourPrinciple Energy Levels | ||
|---|---|---|
| Principle energy level (n) | Type of sublevel | Maximum number of electrons (2n2) |
| 2 | p | 8 |
| 3 | s | 18 |
| p | ||
| Principal Energy Level (n) | sublevels | total electrons |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2s 2p | 8 |
| 3 | 3s 3p 3d | 18 |
| 4 | 4s 4p 4d 4f | 32 |
| 5 | 5s 5p 5d 5f 5g | 50 |
Considering this, what is the maximum number of orbitals with N 4?
(a) When n = 2, there are four orbitals(asingle 2s orbital, and three orbitals labeled2p).These four orbitals can contain eight electrons. Again,eachorbital holds two electrons, so 50 electrons canfitin this shell. If a shell contains a maximum of32electrons, what is the principal quantumnumber,n?
The number of orbitals in a shell is the squareofthe principal quantum number: 12 =1,22 = 4, 32 = 9. There is oneorbitalin an s subshell (l = 0), threeorbitals in a psubshell (l = 1), and fiveorbitals in a dsubshell (l = 2). The number oforbitals in asubshell is therefore 2(l) +1.