ELECTRON ARRANGEMENTS Number of electrons that can fill the first 4 shells?

1st shell holds 2 2nd shell holds 8 3rd shell holds 18 4th shell holds 32 ORBITAL? IS A REGION WHICH CAN HOLD UP TO TWO ELECTRONS WITH OPPOSITE SPINS S sublevels hold 2 electrons so have 1 orbital P sublevels hold 6 electrons so have 3 orbitals D sublevels hold 10 electrons so have 5 orbitals F sublevels hold 14 electrons so have 7 orbitals

Electrons are added one at a time to build up an atom, the lowest available energy level is filled up first Each energy level must be complete before the next higher energy level starts to fill Each orbital is filled up SINGLY before pairing, RELATIVE ENERGIES The higher the energy level the further away it is from the nucleus Electrons fill up the lowest energy levels first S is the LOWEST sub shell energy HOWEVER 4s energy level fills BEFORE the 3d energy level as 4s has a lower energy level than 3d