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Q. A p-orbital in a given shell can accommodate upto:

Bihar CECEBihar CECE 2005Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

Solution:

A p-orbital has $3$ dumbles and each dumble can accommodate maximum of $2$ electrons. So maximum number of electrons in p orbital is $6$.