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Author Question: What is the electron capacity of energy levels within an atom? (Read 978 times)

Hungry!

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on: Sep 21, 2013
i know that there has to be 8 valence electrons for an atom to be (for lack of better words) "happy". but i know there are also different energy levels like the K and L shells, and i need to know how many electroms the shells can hold. I remeber learning this last year, but my i forgot and my teacher this year hasnt said anything about it yet.


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Reply #1 on: Sep 21, 2013
I think you are talking about S, P, D, F

S can hold 2 electrons
P can hold 6 electrons
D can hold 10 electrons
F can hold 14 electrons


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