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What are main energy levels

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The main energy levels are the shells where the electron resides in a location that's relative to the atom's nucleus.

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In electronic configuration in chemistry, the main energy levels are the shells where the electron resides in a location that's relative to the atom's nucleus. Such an energy level is usually denoted by the principal quantum number n. So n can be 1,2,3,4...e.t.c

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