Orbitals

[jane_ni_2d]

How many orbitals are present in the 4p subshell? How can you find this out?

[Ashley Zhu 1A]

3 orbitals are present in the 4p subshell since there are always 3 orbitals in any p subshell - the px, py, and pz.

[Hedi Zappacosta 1E]

This is just something you have to memorize. The s orbitals only have one shell, P orbitals have 3, d orbitals have 5 shells, and f orbitals have 7.Each shell holds 2 electrons.

[Akhil Paladugu 3G]

In general, without memorizing, the number of orbitals in a subshell can be found by using the value of the second quantum number, l, the number of orbitals is equal to 2l + 1. The second quantum number for the 4p subshell l is 1, thus 2(1)+1 = 3, there are 3 orbitals in the 4p subshell.

[Aiden Atoori 1C]

There are 3 orbitals in the 4p subshell and in fact every p subshell has 3 orbitals!

[Mark 1D]

p shell has 3 orbitals I believe