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

Question

A p-orbital in a given shell can accommodate upto: (A) four electrons (B) two electrons with parallel spin (C) six electrons (D) two electrons with opposite spin

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

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.

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

four electrons

two electrons with parallel spin

six electrons

two electrons with opposite spin

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