What is the maximum number of electrons in an 3p subshell?
1 Answer
Jul 6, 2017
6!
Explanation:
For two salient reasons:
- The 3p subshell has three sets of lobes that carry two electrons each.
- By the Pauli exclusion principle, no two electrons within an atom may have the same
#n, l, m_l# , or#m_s# . That's a fancy way of saying no more than two electrons may inhabit the same orbital.
