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Quantum Numbers & Orbitals

The document provides a chemistry worksheet on quantum numbers and orbitals. It contains questions asking students to identify orbitals based on quantum numbers, determine quantum numbers for various orbitals, order orbitals by energy, determine the number of possible orbitals for different values of n, identify incorrect electron configurations, and write the quantum numbers for electrons in orbital diagrams.

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Quantum Numbers & Orbitals

The document provides a chemistry worksheet on quantum numbers and orbitals. It contains questions asking students to identify orbitals based on quantum numbers, determine quantum numbers for various orbitals, order orbitals by energy, determine the number of possible orbitals for different values of n, identify incorrect electron configurations, and write the quantum numbers for electrons in orbital diagrams.

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Chemistry 101 Name:_________________

QUANTUM NUMBERS & ORBITALS

1. Name the orbitals described by the following quantum numbers

a) n = 3, l = 0 _________

b) n = 2, l = 1 _________

c) n = 3, l = 2 _________

d) n = 5, l = 3 ________

2. Give the n and L values for the following orbitals

a) 1s ________________

b) 6p _______________

c) 5f _______________

3. Place the following orbitals in order of increasing energy:

1s, 3s, 4s, 6s, 3d, 4f, 3p, 7s, 5d, 5p

4. How many possible orbitals are there for:

a) n = 5 _____________

b) n = 10 _____________

5. Circle all of the following orbital destinations that are not possible:

7s 1p 5d 2d 4f 3p

6. Identify and circle what is wrong with each of the following ground-state electron configurations:

a) 1s2 2s3 2p3

b) 1s2 2s2 2p3 3s2

c) 1s2 2s2 2p7 3s2 3p8

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7. Give two examples (i.e. list 2 elements that are examples) of:

a) an atom with a half-filled subshell ________________________

b) an atom with a completely filled outer shell ________________________

c) an atom with its outer electrons occupying a


half-filled subshell and a filled subshell ________________________

8. Fill in the blanks with the correct response:


a) The number of orbitals with the quantum numbers n=3, l=2 and ml = 0 is _________.

b) The subshell with the quantum numbers n=4, l=2 is _________.

c) The ml values for a d orbital are ________________________.

d) The allowed values of l for the shell with n=2 are _________.

e) The number of orbitals in a shell with n=3 is _________.

f) The maximum number of electrons with quantum numbers with n=3 and l=2 is _________.

g) When n=2, l can be _________.

h) The number of electrons with n=4, l=1 is _________.

9. Write the values for the quantum numbers for the bold electron in the following diagrams:

a)

___________________________

b) ___________________________

c) ___________________________

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10. Given the following orbital diagram, write the set of quantum numbers for each electron that
is marked:

11. Indicate which of the following sets of quantum numbers could NOT occur and explain why:

a) 1,1,0,+1/2 ________________________________________________________

b) 2,1,0,+1/2 _________________________________________________________

c) 2,0,1,-1/2 _________________________________________________________

d) 2,1,0,0 _________________________________________________________

e) 3,2,0,-1/2 _________________________________________________________

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