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If the first energy level can hold 2 electrons, the second holds 8, and the third can hold 8, what if the atomic number is bigger than 18? Where do the other electrons go?

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You're wrong because the third energy level can contain 18 electrons. And the 4th have up to 32 elections.

The pattern go by 2-8-18-32

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