Question

the maximum number of electrons that can be accomodated in a subshell for which l = 5 is:

Answer 1

The number of orbitals corresponding to a particular value of l depends on the possible values of the magnetic quantum number, ml.

ml can take any integer value between −l, for a total of 2l+1

2l+1 possible orbitals.

When l=5, (an h orbital) there are 11 orbitals within the subshell, and they can hold up to 22 electrons.