Question

What is the electron capacity of the nth energy level? What is the capacity of the fourth energy level?

Answer 1

Answer: The number of electrons present in the fourth energy level are 32

Explanation:

To calculate the number of electrons present in a particular energy level, we use the equation:

$\text{Number of electrons}=2n^2$

where,

n = principle quantum number

Calculating the number of electrons for fourth energy level:

n = 4

Putting values in above equation, we get:

$\text{Number of electrons}=2(4)^2\\\\\text{Number of electrons}=32$

Hence, the number of electrons present in the fourth energy level are 32