Respuesta :

7 Orbitals

Explanation:

The number of subshell present are s, p, d, and f

The number of orbitals in each are as follows -

  • The s subshell - 1 orbital consists of 2 electrons
  • The p subshell - 3 orbitals consists of 6 electrons
  • The d subshell - 5 orbitals consists of 10 electrons
  • The f subshell - 7 orbitals consists of 14 electrons

The number of orbitals can be calculated by the degeneracy,  2 l + 1 , where l denoted is angular momentum quantum number that determines the shape of an orbital. For s, p, d, and f the angular momentum quantum number is 0, 1, 2 3 respectively.

So, maximum number of f orbitals that are possible can be calculated as -

2 ×  l + 1  =  2  × 3  + 1  =  7

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