| Orbital shell | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | |
| Maximum | 2 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 32 | 18 | 8 | |
| number of | ||||||||
| electron (N) | ||||||||
| reported | ||||||||
| Quantum | N = 2n2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 32 | 18 | 8 |
| physics | n | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| The “ultron”- | N = n + or −2 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 32 | 18 | 8 |
| “logotron” | n | 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 10 |
| theory | ||||||||