 Electron shell (source code)

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= Electron shell
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An <electron shell> collects the allowed electronic <quantum states> sharing a <principal quantum number> $n$. Its occupancy is the number of <Electrons> assigned to those states in an <electron configuration>. An <electron shell> is not a material surface or a prescribed orbit.

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