Atomic Orbitals

[305892961]

Today in the lecture, we were shown a chart that shows the differences between the shell, subshell, and orbitals. The shells and subshells made sense to me because they have a clear number and specific name, but the orbitals have different numbers like -1,0,1 and they all share one name so how do we distinguish these differences?

[Sadie Stevens]

I'm pretty sure the orbitals have different letters associated with the numbers. 0-s, 1-p, 2-d, 3-f and they are all different based on the shape of the orbital. Hope this helps!

[806063252]

There are different orbitals in relation to the number of electrons there, and the subshells are related to the numbers, 0=s, 1=p,2=d, 3=f but the numbers -1,0, 1 mentioned are most likely referring to the quantum number which vary on what subshell there is.