subshell
Americannoun
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One or more orbitals in the electron shell of an atom with the same energy level. Subshells have different shapes and are distinguished by their magnetic quantum number.
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See more at orbital quantum number
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This electron must go into the lowest-energy subshell available, the 3s orbital, giving a 1s22s22p63s1 configuration.
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When drawing orbital diagrams, we include empty boxes to depict any empty orbitals in the same subshell that we are filling.
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Orbitals within the same subshell are still degenerate and have the same energy.
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The filling order simply begins at hydrogen and includes each subshell as you proceed in increasing Z order.
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"Bang foo runs foo in a subshell, while bang alone shells out."
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
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