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Offline KMC

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Simple question about electons per shell...
« on: May 17, 2007, 02:39:33 PM »
Hello,

Could someone clarify this for me...

I've been given conflicting answers to how many electrons each shell can hold, on one hand I've been told:

Shell 1 = 2   Shell 2 = 8   Shell 3 = 8

On the other hand I've also been told:

Shell 1 = 2  Shell 2 = 8   Shell 3 = 18

Thank you!
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Re: Simple question about electons per shell...
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2007, 02:44:35 PM »
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Re: Simple question about electons per shell...
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2007, 10:23:50 AM »
I never really payed much attention to how many e- occupy each n level.

I guess I put more focus on subshells.
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Re: Simple question about electons per shell...
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2007, 03:17:12 PM »
Along the same path as Borek, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_electron_configuration_table. Leads to some interesting reading.
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