Chapter 8, Problem 8A.4ST

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The available subshells and orbitals have to be identified.

Concept-Introduction:

A common way to represent successive shells by letters is given by,

    $\begin{array}{l}\text{n}\text{1}\text{2}\text{3}\text{4}\mathrm{...}\\ \\ \text{K}\text{L}\text{M}\text{N}\mathrm{...}\end{array}$

Orbitals with same n value with different l values belongs to different subshells of a given shell.  These subshells are given as,

    $\begin{array}{l}\text{l}\text{0}\text{1}\text{2}\text{3}\text{4}\mathrm{...}\\ \\ \text{s}\text{p}\text{d}\text{f}\text{g}\mathrm{...}\end{array}$

The number of orbitals present in given subshells are

    $\begin{array}{l}\text{s}\text{p}\text{d}\text{f}\text{g}\mathrm{...}\\ \\ \text{1}\text{3}\text{5}\text{7}\text{9}\mathrm{...}\end{array}$