the atomic number of carbon is six, its electronic configuration is 2,4 . why is it so?

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The electrons are filled in shells K, L, M, N etc.The maximum number of electrons that K shell can accommodate is 2. So the electronic configuration is 2,4 which means 2 electrons in K shell and 4 electrons in L shell as there are total 6 electrons in an carbon atom

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