Homework Help: chemistry

Posted by dave on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 3:19pm.

In an atom, the maximum number of electrons having the quantum numbers n=5 and งค = 3 is:
1. 9.
2. 14.
3. 50.
4. 25.
5. 7.

Shouldn't the maximum number be a lot bigger than the answer choices?

chemistry - dave, Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 3:20pm
That weird symbol was supposed to be quantum number l.
chemistry - DrBob222, Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 3:31pm
Thanks for the explanation of the weird symbol. If "ell" is 3, that is an f electron and there can be 14 f electrons.
(2s, 6p, 10d, 14f etc).

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