Where Does the 7th s Sublevel Go?

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The discussion centers on the placement of the 7th s sublevel within atomic shells, specifically questioning its location in relation to the Aufbau principle. It is established that the 7th s sublevel occupies the 7th shell (n=7), while the 5th and 6th shells utilize the last available f and d sublevels, respectively. The conversation clarifies that although the 7f sublevel exists, there are currently no known elements with a filled 7f sublevel in their ground state. This leads to the conclusion that the 7th shell will consist of s and p sublevels, as the f and d sublevels are exhausted in the preceding shells.

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The first four subshells have one s sublevel, then s and p, then s, p, and d, and then s, p, d, and f, respectively. Where does the 5s go? Does it go in the fifth atomic shell? If that's the case, where does the 7th s sublevel go? From my understanding, the 7th s sublevel would go in the 7th shell (n=7), but what would happen with the f and d sublevels? Looking at the periodic table, there are only 4 d sublevels and 2 f sublevels, so by the time we reach the 5th atomic shell, we use up the last f sublevel and at the 6th we use the last d sublevel, so will the 7th shell be composed only of s and p sublevels?!
 
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Do you know the Aufbau principle? It is not that there is no "7f", it exists, it just happens there are no known elements where it is filled in the ground state.
 

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