How many electrons can the $2p$ orbitals hold?

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How many electrons can the $2p$ orbitals hold?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-13T14:59:33

$"6 electrons.........."$

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There are $3xx2p$ orbitals, $p_x$ , $p_y$ , and $p_z$ , which are oriented along the Cartesian axes. Each $p$ orbital can accommodate 2 electrons, and thus there can be 6 electrons in the $2p$ sublevel.

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