What is the maximum number of f orbitals in any single energy level in an atom?
1 Answer
Jun 1, 2017
Recall that the angular momentum quantum number
l" "" ""type"
0" "" "s
1" "" "p
2" "" "d
3" "" "f
vdots" "vdots
The number of orbitals of a given shape is given by the degeneracy,
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m_l = {-l, -l + 1, . . . , 0, . . . , l - 1, l}
So in the case of
m_l = {-3,-2,-1,0,+1,+2,+3}
and there are