Question #14092

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Sep 27, 2015

The answer is 8 p orbitals.

Explanation:

The electron configuration of Germanium is: [Ar]3d104s24p2

The electrons on p orbitals: 2p6,3p6,4p2 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 .