An orbital is described with the help of a wave function. Since many wave functions are possible for an electron, there are many atomic orbitals, When atom is placed in a magnetic field the possible number of orientations for an orbital of azimuthal quantum number 3 is

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An orbital is described with the help of a wave function. Since many wave functions are possible for an electron, there are many atomic orbitals, When atom is placed in a magnetic field the possible number of orientations for an orbital of azimuthal quantum number 3 is (A) three (B) two (C) five (D) seven

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When l = 3, as ml = (2l + 1) = 7

Q. An orbital is described with the help of a wave function. Since many wave functions are possible for an electron, there are many atomic orbitals, When atom is placed in a magnetic field the possible number of orientations for an orbital of azimuthal quantum number $3$ is

three

two

five

seven

When $l = 3$ , as $m_{l} = (2 l + 1) = 7$

Q. An orbital is described with the help of a wave function. Since many wave functions are possible for an electron, there are many atomic orbitals, When atom is placed in a magnetic field the possible number of orientations for an orbital of azimuthal quantum number 3 is

three

two

five

seven

When l=3, as ml​=(2l+1)=7

Q. An orbital is described with the help of a wave function. Since many wave functions are possible for an electron, there are many atomic orbitals, When atom is placed in a magnetic field the possible number of orientations for an orbital of azimuthal quantum number $3$ is

When $l = 3$ , as $m_{l} = (2 l + 1) = 7$