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The number of electrons in n=1 and n=2 shells of aluminum are

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n=1 holds two electrons and n=2 holds eight electrons.

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In this case, since the atomic number of aluminum is 13, its electron configuration is:


Al^(13): 1s^2,2s^2,2p^6,3s^2,3p^1

In such a way, we can see that the level n=1 is filled with two electrons since the subshell s is able to hold two electrons and the level n=2 is also filled but with eight electrons as s holds two whereas p holds 6. Moreover, n=3 is holding three electrons.

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