How many electrons can be accommodated in the 4th shell and 4p orbital
Answers
Explanation:
Shells and orbitals are not the same. In terms of quantum numbers, electrons in different shells will have different values of principal quantum number n.
To answer your question...
In the first shell (n=1), we have:
The 1s orbital
In the second shell (n=2), we have:
The 2s orbital
The 2p orbitals
In the third shell (n=3), we have:
The 3s orbital
The 3p orbitals
The 3d orbitals
In the fourth shell (n=4), we have:
The 4s orbital
The 4p orbitals
The 4d orbitals
The 4f orbitals
So another kind of orbitals (s, p, d, f) becomes available as we go to a shell with higher n. The number in front of the letter signifies which shell the orbital(s) are in. So the 7s orbital will be in the 7th shell.
Now for the different kinds of orbitals Each kind of orbital has a different "shape", as you can see on the picture below. You can also see that:
The s-kind has only one orbital
The p-kind has three orbitals
The d-kind has five orbitals
The f-kind has seven orbitals