Willard Said:

I really need help on my chemistry homework!!!?

We Answered:

I had the same problems.
s obitals can hold no more than 2 electrons.
p orbitals can hold 3 therefore they can hold 3-6
d orbitals can hold 5 therefore they can hold 5-10

Write out the orbital triangle.
1s
2s 2p
3s 3p 3d
4s 4p 4d 4f
5s 5p 5d 5f
6s 6p 6d
7s 7p

The order of the eletrons go diagonally down the triangle starting at 1s
(example) 1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 4s etc.

So the configuration depends on the element.

(example) carbon's atomic mass is 6
The electron configuration is 1s(to the second power)2s (to the second power)2p(to the second power).

If you notice if you add all the powers together they equal 6.

I hope this helps. I had trouble with this at first. If you need more help this website helped me.

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-Electron-Co…

Ella Said:

chemistry questions electron configurations?

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Each s subshell contains one s orbital.
Each p subshell contains three p orbitals.
Each d subshell contains five d orbitals.
Each f subshell contains seven f orbitals.
So the answers are a 2 b 6 c 14 d 10 e 10.
s orbitals are spherical.
Two electrons can occupy an s orbital or s subshell.