What are K, L, M, N shells?

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Electron revolves around the nucleus in an atom in defined orbits. These orbits are also called as shells and are named as K,L,M,N and so on.. where the orbit nearest to the nucleus is termed as K, followed by the 2nd orbit named as L, and so on.

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