(d) For the hydrogen atom, list
the following orbitals in order ...

Question

(d) For the hydrogen atom, list 
the following orbitals in order of increasing energy (that is, 
most stable ones first): 4f, 6s, 3d, 1s, 2p.

Accepted Answer

Hello. Everyone in this video, we're arranging the given orbital's in order of decreasing energy. So we have these numbers to work with here. So decreasing energy meaning from the highest to lowest. Alright, so we're given five partial sets of quantum numbers. So in this scenario we can take into account our end on. So the bigger the end value, the higher in energy the orbital are so I'll go ahead and rewrite the given orbital's. So here we have five f three s 60 for us And seven p. All the number of values that you see here are going to be our end values. So We have 5, 6, 3, 4 and seven and just going from highest to lowest. So our highest number would be seven pete, then six deep five four S. And our lowest energy Is going to be three of us. And this is going to be our final answer for this problem.

(d) For the hydrogen atom, list the following orbitals in order of increasing energy (that is, most stable ones first): 4f, 6s, 3d, 1s, 2p.

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