Consider the following statements: i. The maximum capacity of K shell is 2 electrons ii. The maximum capacity of M shell is 18 electrons iii. The maximum capacity of L shell is 8 electrons iv. The maximum capacity of N shell is 18 electrons
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Answer:In chemistry and atomic physics, an electron shell may be thought of as an orbit followed by electrons around an atom's nucleus. The closest shell to the nucleus is called the "1 shell" (also called the "K shell"), followed by the "2 shell" (or "L shell"), then the "3 shell" (or "M shell"), and so on farther and farther from the nucleus. The shells correspond to the principal quantum numbers (n = 1, 2, 3, 4 ...) or are labeled alphabetically with the letters used in X-ray notation (K, L, M, …).
Each shell can contain only a fixed number of electrons: The first shell can hold up to two electrons, the second shell can hold up to eight (2 + 6) electrons, the third shell can hold up to 18 (2 + 6 + 10) and so on. The general formula is that the nth shell can in principle hold up to 2(n2) electrons.[1] For an explanation of why electrons exist in these shells see electron configuration.[2]
Each shell consists of one or more subshells, and each subshell consists of one or more atomic orbitals
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i. The maximum capacity of K shell is 2 electrons ii. The maximum capacity of M shell is 18 electrons iii. The maximum capacity of L shell is 8 electrons iv. The maximum capacity of N shell is 18 electrons