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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

The orbital angular momentum of an electron in 2s orbital is a. 1/2 ∙ h/2π b. zero c. h/2π d. √2 ∙ h/2π

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12 Years agoGrade 11
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12 Years ago
Expression for orbital angular momentum (L) is : L = √(l (l+1)) h/2π = 0 for w s electrons ∵ For s-orbital, l = 0