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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

Find the Maximum no of electrons in an atom with quantum numbers n=3 ,l=2In

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maximum no. of electrons is-
in l=2 there are 5 orbitals and each orbital can have a max. of 2 electrons.therefore the max. no. of electrons in n=3 and l=2 is 5*2 =10.