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Offline SOS

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I need help with Quantum Numbers
« on: November 13, 2010, 03:47:49 PM »
I'm having trouble finding the quantum numbers. Can someone tell me if I did this correctly? Am I giving a lot of unnecessary numbers?

For example say

n = 3
l = 0,1,2 (s,p,d orbitals) because I went from 0 to (n-l)
ml = I found the ml for each orbital by going from -l to l. In this case:
0 is the only number.
-1,0,1
-2,-1,0,1,2
ms = Can be -1/2 or +1/2

Offline zeshkani

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Re: I need help with Quantum Numbers
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2010, 05:11:30 PM »
well
for  n=3 l=0,1,2 ml=-2,-1,0,1,2 ms=-+1/2

I' am not sure what you are asking here
 but if you have n=3 there is a total of 18 electrons  a total of 9 orbital and a total of 3 subshells
s=2, p=6, d=10

please be more specific

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