D orbital

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Ahmet_Dikyurt_3L
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D orbital

Postby Ahmet_Dikyurt_3L » Wed Oct 31, 2018 12:16 pm

What is the maximum number of electrons can an element with a d-orbital hold, since they can hold more than 8
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Hanniel U 2B
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Re: D orbital

Postby Hanniel U 2B » Wed Oct 31, 2018 12:21 pm

d orbitals can hold up to 10 electrons.

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Re: D orbital

Postby Danielle_Gallandt3I » Wed Oct 31, 2018 1:03 pm

The way this can be calculated is that d-orbitals exist in n=3 or above, which means that l=2 (so there are s, p, and d orbitals). When l equals 2, ml can equal -2, -1, 0, 1, or 2 (5 orbitals). In each of these orbitals there can be a maximum of 2 electrons, where one of the electrons has an up spin and the other has a downward spin ( a spin pair). So, if you have 5 orbitals where each orbital can have 2 electrons, you get 2*5= 10 electrons

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Re: D orbital

Postby Hannah Padilla 1H » Wed Oct 31, 2018 1:15 pm

The d orbital can hold 10 electrons because it has 5 orbitals

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Re: D orbital

Postby Ian Marquez 2K » Wed Oct 31, 2018 1:38 pm

Since d-orbitals have 5 orbitals, they can hold 10 electrons as each orbital can have a spin up and spin down pair. This means that, with the d-orbital in play, there can be up to 18 valence electrons as s-orbitals can have 2 electrons and p-orbitals can have 6 electrons.


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