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8.6 Exercise 12

Avg difficulty 2.5

Show that the maximum number of orbital angular momentum electron states in the nth shell of an atom is n2n^{2}. (Ignore electron spin.) (Hint: Make a table of the total number of orbital angular momentum states for each shell and find the pattern.)

OpenStax University Physics Volume 3, 8.6 Lasers, exercise 12

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