Does the electron configuration of an atom tells us how many electrons are in each orbital?

1 Answer
Jul 29, 2016

No. See the explanation.

Explanation:

The electron configuration tells us the number of electrons that are in each sublevel, such as 1s, 2s, 2p, etc... .

An orbital diagram shows the number of electrons in each orbital within sublevels, and their spins.

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