Answer to Question #150918 in General Chemistry for Lyna Moinifar

Question

How many values for the magnetic quantum number are possible when the value of the angular momentum quantum number is 2

Answer 1

When n = 2, l= 0, 1 (l takes on two values and thus there are two possible subshells) When n = 3, l= 0, 1, 2 (l takes on three values and thus there are three possible subshells)