How many subshells there are in the shell n=4?
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How many subshells there are in the shell n=4?
Question: How many subshells there are in the shell n=4?
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Re: How many subshells there are in the shell n=4?
Answer: There are 4 subshells: 4s, 4p, 4d, and 4f. When the question asks you about how many subshells there are in a certain shell, what it basically is asking is how many different values of l there are. So if n=4, l can only be 0,1,2,3, which corresponds to s,p,d,f.
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