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What is penultimate shells and antipenultimate shells?


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Penultimate shells is the second last shell which is denoted by “n - 1”. This shell is just before the valence shell (ultimate shell). Valence shell is denoted by “n”.

Antipenultimate shell is the shell which is just before the penultimate shell. It is denoted by “n - 2”.

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