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I think the markscheme is WRONG?! :/

For the ' no. of electrons present when completely filled in the d orbital',
I wrote 10 electrons, but in the mark scheme it says 2 electrons?!
Why's that?! :s-smilie:

An orbital can only hold 2 electrons

Reply 2

Adorable98

Original post by alibevan

An orbital can only hold 2 electrons

A s-orbital can hold 2 electrons.

Reply 3

username1560589

Original post by Adorable98

For the ' no. of electrons present when completely filled in the d orbital',
I wrote 10 electrons, but in the mark scheme it says 2 electrons?!
Why's that?! :s-smilie:

As alibevan said, you can only have a maximum of two electrons in an orbital. You've confused shell and orbital.

Reply 4

alibevan

the definition of an orbital is a space within an atom which can hold up to two electrons, spinning in opposite directions. You may be getting confused with sub shells

Reply 5

aamirac

Presuming because it can only hold 2 electrons.

Reply 6

Adorable98

Original post by morgan8002

As alibevan said, you can only have a maximum of two electrons in an orbital. You've confused shell and orbital.

But there are 5 orbitals in a d-orbital, and they want the no. Of electrons completely filled, so it must be 10 electrons. :s-smilie:

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username1560589

Original post by Adorable98

But there are 5 orbitals in a d-orbital, and they want the no. Of electrons completely filled, so it must be 10 electrons. :s-smilie:

5 orbitals in an orbital?

Reply 8

Adorable98

Original post by alibevan

the definition of an orbital is a space within an atom which can hold up to two electrons, spinning in opposite directions. You may be getting confused with sub shells