Answer to Question #279898 in General Chemistry for Jenny

Question

Quatum Numbers

State the number of possible electrons described by the following.

n = 5, l = 0, ml = -2, ms = -1/2 *

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1s *

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l = 3 *

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M *

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3d *

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2p *

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n = 1, l = 0, ml = 0, ms = +1/2 *

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p *

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n = 4 *

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n = 3, l = 1 *

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Answer 1

SImply put, two electrons of opposite spins can share one orbital (given by ml=1 ) per subshell (given by l ). Therefore, total of 8 electrons that can share those two quantum numbers.