6f orbital
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6f orbital
In the textbook, it asks about the subshells that can not exist. I thoughts 6f is one of them, however, in the answer, it does. How is that possible? Isn't there only 2 f rows 4f and 5f?
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Re: 6f orbital
If n = 6, than l can equal any value from 0 to 5, including 3. l = 3 corresponds with an f subshell, so 6f subshells can exist. The reason why there isn't a sixth row on the periodic table is because there aren't discovered elements that can have ground states with electrons in the 6f subshell. Those would require a lot more electrons than the elements we have on the table. But the subshell can still exist.
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Re: 6f orbital
Yep, exactly as above! 6f doesn't exist as far as we know right now, but it's still theoretically possible.
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Re: 6f orbital
Hi!
This is possible because when the principle quantum number is n=6, all the l values can be 0-5. l=3 means the f subshell, which is where you would get the 6f.
This is possible because when the principle quantum number is n=6, all the l values can be 0-5. l=3 means the f subshell, which is where you would get the 6f.
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