1. it takes: ____ electrons to fill the 6d subshell of an atom.

2. It takes _____ electrons to fill the n=6 shell of an atom.

I thought it was 22 and 72?

1 answer

The maximum number of electrons in ANY d orbital is 10.

The maximum number of electrons in any shell is 2N^2. 72 is right but 22 is wrong.