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What are the values of n and l for the last subshell of Na (Z=11) and B (Z=5)? What are their shapes?

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Manish Bhardwaj

May 5, 2017

The electronic configuration for Sodium is 1#s^2#2#s^2#2#p^6#3#s^1#

In Sodium the last electron is in 3s subshell, which is spherical in shape.

The electronic configuration for Boron is 1#s^2#2#s^2#2#p^1#

In Boron the last electron is in 2p subshell, which is dumb bell in shape.

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