Shell number (Principal quantum number) |
Total number of orbitals in shell |
Number of different colored orbitals in shell |
n=1 |
1 |
1 |
n=2 |
4 |
2 |
n=3 |
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n=4 |
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n=5 |
Answer – We are given the principal quantum numbers and the orbitals contained within the shell are shown as individual, colored boxes. For the same number of principal quantum numbers there are different suborbitals, so the number of color boxes = number of orbitals like s, p, d and f
The number of subcell for each principal quantum numbers is the total number of orbitals and there are suborbital. Example for n = 3 there are 3s, 3p and 3d orbital , s has 1subcell , p has 3 and d has 5 so total 1+3+5 = 8 and number of color boxes for s, p and d are 3
So the n is the principal quantum numbers and the following table filled -
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