Magnetic Quantum Number

[Bryce Ramirez 1J]

When giving the answer for Ml, is it always listed as the full range of the numbers. Like if L equals 2, Ml is usually written as 2, 1, 0 ,-1, -2. But could you just write that theres a range of 5 and say that Ml equals 5?

[Kavee Dodampahala 4E]

You would write out all the values like -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, because those are the values, not 5.

[CynthiaLy4F]

You cannot say ml is equal to 5 because it is not the actual value. It's best to list them all out.

[AniP_2D]

You would have to write out all 5 values instead of just saying 5.

[Eva Zhao 4I]

You would only say 5 if the question asks for the number of possible m_l values. Otherwise, given that l=2, you can't say that 5 is a possible value of m_l since the allowed values are l, l-1,..., 0,..., -l.

[selatran1h]

The 5 just means that there are 5 total values for the magnetic quantum number, so you would still have to write out all of the actual values.