Chemistry A-Level
Electron capacity of s-, p- and d-sub-shells
What Electron capacity of s-, p- and d-sub-shells means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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An s-sub-shell holds a maximum of two electrons, a p-sub-shell a maximum of six electrons and a d-sub-shell a maximum of ten electrons.
Topics that use Electron capacity of s-, p- and d-sub-shells
- Electron structure (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Atomic orbital
- Atomic orbitals
- Cations lose electrons, anions gain electrons
- Distinguishing capacity from filling order
- Electron configuration
- Fixed number of orbitals per sub-shell
- Ion electron configurations
- Noble-gas shorthand
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