Question

Question #14092

Answer 1

The answer is 8 `p` orbitals.

Explanation:

The electron configuration of Germanium is: `[Ar] 3d^10 4s^2 4p^2`

The electrons on `p` orbitals: `2p^6, 3p^6, 4p^2` which makes it a total of 14 electrons.

Therefore, 6 electrons occupy the 3 orbitals of the subshell `2p`, another 6 electrons occupy the 3 orbitals of the subshell `3p` and 2 electrons occupy only 2 orbitals of the subshell `4p`, which makes it a total of 8 `p` orbitals .