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Q. The number of waves made by a Bohr electron in an orbit of maximum magnetic quantum number +2 is

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Solution:

For $m_{l}=+2$ (maximum)

$l=2$

As l = 2 so minimum value of n is 3

Hence number of waves in a shell = n = 3.