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Orbital memory game
n
= 1 shell
n
= 2 shell
Quantum numbers
2
s
2
p
x
2
p
y
2
p
z
n
= 3 shell
n
= 4 shell
n
= 5 and beyond
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For the
n
= 2 shell,
l
= 0 and 1. These are labelled as '2
s
' and '2
p
' subshells respectively.
For the
l
= 0 subshell,
m
l
= 0 only. This is the 2
s
orbital:
2
s
For the
l
= 1 subshell,
m
l
= -1, 0, +1. There are three 2
p
orbitals:.
2
p
x
2
p
y
2
p
z