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[QuincyH1G]

How do you use the m value to determine how many electrons the atom can have?

[Komal Prakash 1H]

The number of ml values tell you the total number of orbitals in the atom and each orbital can hold 2 electrons, so 2 times the number of orbitals will tell you the maximum number of electrons that can occupy a certain subshell.

[Elena 1H]

Today in the review session we were also given an equation for finding the number of electrons using l, 4l+2

[KristinaNguyen_1A]

n=energy level/shell (1,2,3,4...)
l=orbital/subshell (0,1,2,3), (which is s,p,d,f)
ml=orientation (so for example if you have the p orbital, you will have 3 subshells; __ __ __ and each one can hold 2 electrons, so you can use that to tell how many electrons there are and which/how many are unpaired).
ms=spint (+/- 1/2)