Instructor: Mark Pearcy. Plato's allegory of the cave is one of the best-known, most insightful attempts to explain the nature of reality. The cave represents the state of most human beings, and the tale of a dramatic exit from the cave is the source of true understanding.
We also have to know how many electrons can fit into each state. There is only one s-orbital per shell, and it can hold a total of 2 electrons. There are three total p-orbitals (ml = -1,0,1) that can hold a total of 6 electrons (because each ml can have an ms of +1/2 or -1/2. There are five d-orbitals (ml = -2,-1,0,1,2) that can hold a total of 10 electrons. Here's an example to help put this in context. We need to write the electron configuration for an oxygen atom. First, go to the periodic table and find how many electrons oxygen has.
The first three (n, l, m. l) specify the particular orbital of interest, and the fourth (m. s) specifies how many electrons can. occupy that orbital. 1. Principal Quantum Number (n): n = 1, 2, 3, â¦, 8. Specifies the energy of an electron and the size of the orbital (the distance from the nucleus of. the peak in a radial probability distribution plot). All orbitals that have the same value of n. are said to be in the same shell (level).