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What does electron shell mean?

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Noun
  1. (physics) The collective states of all electrons in an atom having the same principal quantum number (visualized as an orbit in which the electrons move).
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Most materials are either ferromagnetic or ferroelectric based on the number of electrons in the ion's outer electron shell.
When bonded to two hydrogen atoms, the outer electron shell of the oxygen atom is filled.
Atoms naturally have a positive or negative charge, depending on the number of electrons in the outer electron shell.
Then, it is observed that there is displacement of electron shell against positive nucleus.
In particular, the effects of the ligand field on the five d orbitals of an inner electron shell of the central atom are considered.
Since it takes eight electrons to fill the electron shell, a silicon atom is continually looking for four electrons to bond with.

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