Question

What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy the n = 2 shell?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

If n = 2 we have this posibility:

This shell contains 2 subshells: s and p

Subshell 2s can only contain 2 electrons

Subshell 2p can only contain 6 electrons

Answer: In total, we can have 8 electrons in n = 2