The formula 2n^2 is used to find the number of electrons in a shell.
What does 2n^2?
Atoms are composed of electrons in shells in addition to the protons and the neutrons in the nucleus. Electrons are known to be found in shells. The shells are arranged in order of increasing energy; KLMN. It is often important to find the number of electrons that could be found in a particular shell of an atom.
We can find the number of electrons in a shell or energy level by the use of the formula 2n^2. We know that the shells KLMN corresponds to 1, 2, 3, 4 ...
Using this model, the electrons in the K shell are 2(1)^2 = 2
Electrons in the L shell are; 2(2)^2 = 8 etc
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