Question

give the notation(using letter designation for 1) for the subshells denoted by the following numbers? A) n=6, L=2 B)n=5, l=0 C)n=4, l=3 D) n=6,l=1

Answer 1

n is Principal Quantum Number which represents the main shell of atom and l is Azimuthal Quantum Number which reperesents the subshell .l depends upon n .l is always from 0 to (n-1)

A. therefore, n=6 means main shell is 6 , l =2 means d-subshell

B. n=5 means main shell is 5 , l=0 means s-subshell

C. n=4 means main shell is 4 ,l=3 means f-subshell

D. n=6 means main shell is 6 ,l=1 mean p-subshell

For ex-

n=5 so that l= n-1

=5-1

=4(0,1,2,3,)these are l values which can be named as s,p,d,f,..........