Each atom of lithium will have 3 electrons. Two electrons will fill the 1s orbital, and the third electron will occupy the 2s orbital, following the electron configuration of 1s^2 2s^1.
An atom with the first two electron orbitals completed would have 10 total electrons. The first electron orbital can hold up to 2 electrons (2 in the s subshell), and the second electron orbital can hold up to 8 electrons (2 in the s subshell and 6 in the p subshell).
You can differentiate between a 2s and a 2p subshell based on their shape. The 2s subshell is spherically symmetric and has one orbital. On the other hand, the 2p subshell has a dumbbell shape and consists of three orbitals: px, py, and pz, each oriented along separate axes.
You can tell the difference between a 2s sub-shell and 2p sub-shell from their energy levels, because a 2p sub-shell is a higher energy level than a 2s sub-shell.
According to the Bohr's atomic model the number of electrons present in a orbit can be defined by p(n.n) i.e p.n square,where n=number of orbit.hence we can calculate the number of electrons present in second orbit i.e 8.
The third subshell, which is the 2s and 2p subshells, can hold a maximum of 8 electrons.
Transfer of an electron from a higher energy orbit (2s) to a lower energy orbit (1s) is not possible because it would violate the energy conservation principle. Electrons naturally occupy the lowest available energy levels in an atom, following the Aufbau principle. This means electrons will only move to higher energy levels if they absorb energy, not by transferring between lower and higher energy levels.
The 2s subshell has a spherical shape and can hold a maximum of 2 electrons, while the 2p subshell has a dumbbell shape and can hold a maximum of 6 electrons. Additionally, the 2p subshell consists of three orbitals (labeled px, py, pz), while the 2s subshell consists of only one orbital.
The electrons in beryllium occupy a total of four orbitals. Beryllium has 4 electrons, which fill the 1s, 2s, and 2p orbitals.
There are two subshells in the second energy level: 2s and 2p.
Fluorine has 9 electrons, which occupy 2s and 2p orbitals. Therefore, there are a total of three orbitals in fluorine (one 2s orbital and two 2p orbitals).
Each atom of lithium will have 3 electrons. Two electrons will fill the 1s orbital, and the third electron will occupy the 2s orbital, following the electron configuration of 1s^2 2s^1.
An atom with the first two electron orbitals completed would have 10 total electrons. The first electron orbital can hold up to 2 electrons (2 in the s subshell), and the second electron orbital can hold up to 8 electrons (2 in the s subshell and 6 in the p subshell).
You can differentiate between a 2s and a 2p subshell based on their shape. The 2s subshell is spherically symmetric and has one orbital. On the other hand, the 2p subshell has a dumbbell shape and consists of three orbitals: px, py, and pz, each oriented along separate axes.
The 2s orbital is closest to the nucleus in atoms with low atomic numbers, such as hydrogen (H), helium (He), and lithium (Li). This is because these atoms have fewer positively charged protons in the nucleus, resulting in a weaker attraction to the electrons in the 2s orbital.
Carbon. It has 2 electrons in its 1s orbital and 4 electrons in its 2s orbital.
Carbon has 4 valence electrons, which are distributed as 2 in the 2s orbital and 2 in the 2p orbital. The notation 1s^2 2s^2 2p^2 indicates the distribution of electrons in the 1s, 2s, and 2p orbitals, with 2 electrons in the 1s orbital, 2 in the 2s orbital, and 2 in the 2p orbital. It is not written as 1s^2 2s^1 2p^3 because electrons pair up in orbitals before filling them singly, following the Aufbau principle.