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What is the total number of electrons in the sixth energy level (n = 6)?

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Energy level is defined with the principal quantum number nn.

Each level has subshells defined with the azimuthal quantum number ll.

Each subshell has a different number of orbitals, defined with the magnetic quantum number mlm_l.

Each orbital has two electrons.

So in order to determine the number of electrons, we have to determine the possible values of ll and mlm_l.

The azimuthal quantum number ll can take the following values:

l=0,1,2n1l=0,1,2\dots n-1

The magnetic quantum number mlm_l can take the following values:

ml=l,lm_l=l,\dots-l

We can conclude that the azimuthal quantum number can have nn different values ("n1")+("0")=n\left("n-1"\right)+\left("0"\right)=n.

Also, the magnetic quantum number can have 2l+12l+1 different values: ("l")+("l")+("0")=2l+1("l")+("-l")+("0")=2l+1.

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