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A093907 Number of elements in the n-th period of the periodic table. 17
2, 8, 8, 18, 18, 32, 32, 50, 50, 72, 72, 98, 98, 128, 128, 162, 162, 200, 200, 242, 242, 288, 288, 338, 338, 392, 392, 450, 450, 512, 512, 578, 578, 648, 648, 722, 722, 800, 800, 882, 882, 968, 968, 1058, 1058, 1152, 1152, 1250, 1250, 1352, 1352, 1458, 1458 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; text; internal format)
OFFSET

1,1

COMMENTS

Maximum number of electrons in the n-th shell of an atom. - Daniel Forgues, May 9, 2011

REFERENCES

Restrepo, G. and Pachon, L., Pythagoras and the Periodic Table, Journal of Chemical Education, submitted, 2004.

LINKS

Harry J. Smith, Table of n, a(n) for n=1,...,20000

M. Winter, WebElements Periodic Table

Journal of Chemical Education

OEIS Wiki, Bohr's aufbau principle

FORMULA

a(n)=2*floor((n+2)/2)^2. - Leonardo Pachon (leaupaco(AT)yahoo.es), Jul 31 2004

a(n) = 2*A008794(n+2). G.f.: 2*x*(1+3*x-x^3-2*x^2+x^4)/((1+x)^2*(1-x)^3 ). [From R. J. Mathar, Oct 04 2009]

EXAMPLE

a(1) = 2: H and He.

PROG

(PARI) { for (n=1, 20000, a=2*floor((n+2)/2)^2; write("b093907.txt", n, " ", a); ) } [From Harry J. Smith, Jun 17 2009]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A116471.

Sequence in context: A104537 A019240 * A116471 A146749 A180825 A064231

Adjacent sequences:  A093904 A093905 A093906 * A093908 A093909 A093910

KEYWORD

nonn

AUTHOR

Guillermo Restrepo, May 26 2004

EXTENSIONS

Added more terms. Harry J. Smith, Jun 17 2009

STATUS

approved

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