How many electrons are contained in the 3p subshell in the ground state of atomic xenon?

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How many electrons are contained in the 3p subshell in the ground state of atomic xenon? 
The electron configuration of xenon is [Xe]: 4d10 5s2 5p6. I initially thought the answer would be 18, but that is not correct. Could you please help me understand this? Thank you!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

3p? There are three 3p orbitals in Xenon – all are filled for total of 6 electrons

The element you are showing does not exist – perhaps you meant [Xe]: 6s^2 , 4f^14,5d^10, 6p^6?

Radon? What does it have to do with the question?

Xe can be written as: [Kr]: 5s^2, 4d^10, 5p^6 – there are 12 p orbitals in Xe (2p+3p+4p+5p) which can hold a total of 24 electrons. Does that help?

Yazmin Lockman · Answer

in sub-shell 3P there will be 6 electrons due to it been a noble gas, a noble gas has a full outer shell which is always the p sub-shell the answer is therefore 6electrons for the sub-shell, for the whole element however there is 54electrons in one whole atom of Xenon (Xe)

Anonymous · Answer

Every sublevel has odd number of orbitals
Every orbital contains 2 electrons
S: 1 orbital
P: 3 orbitals
d: 5 orbitals
F: 7 orbitals
Multiply by 2
S has 2 es, P has 6 es, d has 10 es, F has 14 es (maximum)

Anonymous · Answer

In every element there are 6 electrons contained in the 3p subshell.

Anonymous · Answer

6.
p has 3 orbitals. Each orbital can hold two electrons. So, it can hold a maximum of 6.
The same is true for the s, d and f orbitals. Except s has one orbital, so two electrons…d has five orbitals, so ten electrons and f has 7 orbitals so 14 electrons.

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How many electrons are contained in the 3p subshell in the ground state of atomic xenon?

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