The proper sequence of filling of electrons is as follows...?

Question

I just got this question off of my biology studyguide im not sure what my professor meant by it but i thought he meant the names of the orbits in an atom spdfghi???

Answer 1

Perhaps he also wants the number of electrons to fill each energy level? I remember (2 x the square of the energy level) which gives 2, 8, 18, 32.... etc

Answer 2

when filling orbitals for electrons, yes they are called spdfg etc... but there are multiple orbitals for each energy level..

it goes 1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 4s 3d 4p 5s 4d 5p 6s 4f 5d 6p 7s 5f 6d 7p 6f

now there are not currently elments that would fill the orbitals 7p or 6f at this time...

each s can hold 2 electrons, p can hold 6, d can hold 10 and f can hold 14...and they fill in the order of less energy to most energy, hence the look of out of order filling..

i know this is confusing, but i am not sure how detailed you need/want the answer to be.

Answer 3

The sequence in filling electrons can be seen on th eperiodic table, if yu know how to look for it.

It starts as follows:

13,2s,2p,3s,3p,4s,3d,4p,5s,4d,5p,6s,4f,5d,6p,7s,5f,6d,7p,

g, h and i are theoretical as there are no atoms existing today that are that heavy.

Answer 4

the sublevels are s (3orbitals) p (5orbitals) d (7orbitals) f (9orbitals) s must be filled first then p then d then f. the 1st main level of any atom has 2 electrons

Answer 5

Ok there is the octet rule. where there has to be eight electrons in each level before you move onto the next until it runs out. Unless its like hydrogen.