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General Chemistry9. Quantum MechanicsQuantum Numbers: Magnetic Quantum Number

Multiple Choice

Which sketch could represent an orbital with the quantum numbers n = 4 and l = 2?

A

Orbital with 4 teardrop shaped lobes oriented at ninety degrees from each other all in the same plane.

B

Orbital with 2 teardrop shaped lobes oriented at one hundred and eighty degrees from each other all in the same plane.

C

Spherically symmetric shaped orbital.

D

Orbital with 2 teardrop shaped lobes oriented at one hundred and eighty degrees from each other all in the same plan with a donut shaped lobe encircling where the two lobes touch each other.

E

Both the first and second orbitals

F

both second and fifth orbitals

G

both the first and fifth orbitals

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