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[Brittney Hun 2C]

b)How many values of ml are allowed for an electron in the 6d subshell?

I am not sure how to start this. Should we find the l orbital first?

[Hannah Lee 2F]

b) How many values of ml are allowed for an electron in the 6d subshell?

We know that a 6d subshell equates with a principal quantum number n = 6 and angular momentum quantum number l = 2. Since the allowed values of m_l range between -l and l, the total possible values are -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, which means 5 values allowed for m_l. Another way to solve for this is using the equation 2l + 1: 2(2) + 1 = 5 values allowed.