How do you determine the number of electrons in the outer orbital of the atom?

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Tickles

1 September, 02:29

How do you determine the number of electrons in the outer orbital of the atom?

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Markus Raymond · Answer 1

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. The general formula is that the nth shell can in principle hold up to 2 (n2) electrons.