What is a Sub-Shell?

[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]The Chemistry of Art > 3. Electrons in the Atom > What is a Sub-Shell? >[/cs_text][cs_text style=”color: #800000;font-family: “Oxygen”,sans-serif;”]Define the term sub-shell[/cs_text][cs_text]

  • Every shell apart from n=1 has a number of energy sublevels or sub-shells with slightly different energies
  • Number of subshells in a shell = To principal quantum number of the shell
    • g n=3 has three subshells

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