Magnetic Quantum Number ml

[Amina Durrani 3G]

What does ml describe? I know that n’s the shell, and l is the sub shell that describes shape, but what does ml describe then?

[Michelle Shin 4B]

The magnetic quantum number labels different orbitals of a subshell (orientation) that an electron occupies.

[Amina Durrani 3G]

So like what would be an example?

[Hannah Pham]

ml describes the different orbitals of a subshell, so the orientation.

[ASetlur_1G]

The magnetic quantum number divides subshells into orbitals and describes the orientation of the orbitals.

[Hannah Pham]

An example would be how orbitals in p subshell could have orientation of px, py, or pz