Which of the following shell of ' Cl ′ ( Z = 17 ) will have maximum number of electrons having similar value of azimuthal quantum number (consider ground state configuration and occupied orbits o

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Which of the following shell of ' Cl ′ ( Z = 17 ) will have maximum number of electrons having similar value of azimuthal quantum number (consider ground state configuration and occupied orbits only) :-

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Cl (Z=17) ground state: 1 s 2 2 s 2 2 p 6 3 s 2 3 p 5 . L-shell ( n = 2 ) has 2 s 2 2 p 6 , totaling 8 electrons. K-shell has 2, M-shell has 7. L-shell has maximum.

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