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How many electrons in the ground state of a Hg atom can have the quantum number ml = +1?
The way I am trying to figure this out is as follows..
Electron configuration for HG is..
[Xe]6s^2 5d^10
n=6
l : ml
0: 0
1: -1,0,1
2: -2,-1,0,1,2
3 -3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3
4 -4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4
5: -5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5
so ml can = +1 where l=1-5
Thats a total of 5 subshells that can have ml=+1.
If each subshell can hold two electrons, then the answer must be 10 right?
But apparently it is actually 16. Can someone please explain to me how it is 16?
The way I am trying to figure this out is as follows..
Electron configuration for HG is..
[Xe]6s^2 5d^10
n=6
l : ml
0: 0
1: -1,0,1
2: -2,-1,0,1,2
3 -3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3
4 -4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4
5: -5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5
so ml can = +1 where l=1-5
Thats a total of 5 subshells that can have ml=+1.
If each subshell can hold two electrons, then the answer must be 10 right?
But apparently it is actually 16. Can someone please explain to me how it is 16?