The maximum number of orbital that may be associated with the quantum number set n=3,l=2 and ml=-2 is?

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Junaid Mirza
Apr 23, 2018

1 orbital

Explanation:

Each value of #"m"_l# is assigned to a single orbital. In this case it’s an orbital of #"3d"# subshell. (since #"n = 3"# and #"l = 2"#)

#"3d"# subshell contains #5# orbitals. Their #"m"_l# values are #-2, -1, 0, +1, +2#

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