Asked by sabelo

An atom in its ground state contains 18 electrons. How many of these electrons are in orbital with l = 0 values?
Answered by DrBob222
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 = 18 total
s electrons have l = 0 and there are two so you have 6 s electrons.
p electrons have l = -1, 0, +1 so there will be 2 s electrons for the 2p and 2 s electrons for the 3p for 4 more. I count a total of 10.
Answered by DrBob222
oops. That's not right. There are 6 s electrons so there are 6 with l = 0.
Answered by Amahle
So actually how many of these electrons are in orbital with 0 values , correct answer?
Answered by lindokuhle
there are actually 6 electrons with l =0 values
as explained that s electrons have l=0
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