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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

What is the total number of orbital associated with the principal quantum number,n=4

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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8 Years ago
The total number of orbitals in a shell having principal quantum number n is n^2
So in n=4 the number of orbitals are 16 (1 -s+ 3-p+ 5-d + 7-f).