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Rebekah
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Does an orbital with the electron address of 3, 1, -2, 1/2 actually exist? Why or why not?
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- 4 years ago
NO
the first number shows that n=3
second number shows that subshell is p (L=1)
subshell p can have -1, 0 and 1 as mL(-L<=ml<=L) but the third number is -2,p subshell doesn't have such ml
- supastremphLv 64 years ago
No, assuming you're listing them as n, l, m, because m can only run to +-l. and -2 is less than -1.
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