l=4

[EmilyC_3D]

Can the quantum number for l ever be equal to 4 (depending on what n is)? What happens when it is 4?

[Sabina House 2A]

I think he said in the lecture that in theory l could be equal to 4, but we don't have elements that are this high. So in the periodic table, there are no elements with l=4.

[Leyna Tran 2D]

I believe in the lecture video he said that l can be any number up to n-1, depending on what n is. For example, if n is 6, l can be 1,2,3,4,5. However, there are only 4 orbitals. l=0 is the s orbital, 1 is p, 2 is d, and 3 is f.

[Aayushi Jani 3A]

l could be 4, but I think that in this class, we'll only deal with elements up to l=3.

[Jasraj Parmar 3H]

It is possible it could be. However, you only have to worry about the l = 0,1,2,3 values for this class.

[Tanya Nguyen 1B]

l could be 4, but Dr. Lavelle says that in this class we will only use up to l=3 since the subshell for l=3 is f, which is the highest orbital we'll use.

[Jason_John_2F]

for what we are learning i think it is safe to keep l at 0-3

[Brandon Le 3C]

Based on the fact that we don't have elements with l = 4, I think it is best to keep l = 0, 1, 2, and 3.

[Jordan_OBrien_2k]

Although theoretically l could be equal to 4, in this class I believe we only have to deal with l=0,1,2,3 which are s,p,d,f respectively

[Ryan Agcaoili 2E]

I believe that l=4 would be equivalent to higher orbitals, but in this class we are only dealing with 0,1,2,3.

[505598869]

Yes, it is possible but I do not think we will see much of that in this class.

[John_Tran_3J]

I agree with the posts above, it is theoretically possible, but there are no elements in the periodic table that corresponds to l=4.

[Samantha Low 3D]

Thank you for posting! I had the same question and I had trouble wrapping my head around l. This forum definitely helped.

[joshtully]

Yes, it is possible for l to equal 4, but it is not necessary to know for this class.