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Each of the d orbitals would fill one electron
at a time, as did the p orbitals, and then pairing would commence
until the electron structure of n=3 was complete.
In addition to the s, p and d orbitals, there
are also "f orbitals" with even more foolish shapes.
They only exist in the ground state for elements with atomic
numbers greater than 58 and we don't need to say too much more
about them.
Summary Table
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