Activity-Quantum Numbers
Activity-Quantum Numbers
Activity-Quantum Numbers
GUTIERREZ
BS CRIM 2-1
CHEM 5
ACTIVITY 5
QUANTUM NUMBERS WORKSHEET
1. State the four quantum numbers, then explain the possible values they may have and
what they actually represent.
PRINCIPAL QUANTUM NUMBER The principal energy level, or shell, that an electron
occupies.
SECONDARY QUANTUM NUMBER The electron's energy sublevel, or type of orbital, is
represented.
MAGNETIC QUANTUM NUMBER For each type of orbital, the number of possible
orientations in 3-D space is represented.
SPIN QUANTUM NUMBER In the presence of a magnetic field or in respect to another
electron occupying the same orbital, an electron can have two different orientations.
2. State the number of possible electrons described by the following quantum numbers
a. n = 3, l = 0 2
b. n = 3, l = 1 6
c. n = 3, l = 2, ml = -1 2
d. n = 5, l = 0, ml -2, ms -1/2 Not possible
ANNSWER
a.n=3, l=1, ml =1, ms =+1/2
b. n=5, l=0, ml =0, ms = - ½
c. n=4, l=2, ml = - 2, ms = - ½
d. n=3, l=2, ml =0, ms =+1/2
7. How many electrons can occupy any single subshell orbital? ANSWER IS 2