SEP Use Models Why does the number of electrons in each principal energy shell increase as the number of the shell increases?

The increase in the number of shell leads to increase in the number of electrons.

The number of electrons in each principal energy shell increase as the number of the shell increases because each cell can accommodate 8 electrons except the first shell which has only 2 electrons. The number of electrons increases when we go down the group due to addition of new shells.

The atom added new shells in the atom if the existing shells fill with electrons and no place is available for the remaining electrons so we can conclude that the increase in the number of shell leads to increase in the number of electrons.

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Explanation:

The number of electrons in each principal energy shell increases as the number of shells increases because more electronic orbitals become available to accommodate the electrons.

For instance, the n= 2 level only accommodates eight electrons in the s and p orbitals whereas the n=3 level accommodates 18 electrons in s, p and d orbitals respectively.

Each principal level accommodates 2n^2 electrons where n= the principal energy shell.