QUANTUM NUMBERS
SPIN QUANTUM NUMBER
Name: Candice G. Liwanag
Section: Pythagoras
Performace task #2
QUANTUM NUMBERS
- It determines the location
and arrangement of
electrons in an atom.
- It also describes the
different atomic orbitals.
ALWAYS REMEMBER...
As the number of electrons
increases in an atom, the
orbital numbers will also
increase to accommodate
the number of electrons
present in the situation.
PRINCIPAL QUANTUM NUMBER
- It specifies the way the electron
spin or rotates on its axis as it
moves within the orbital
- Its value can be + ½ or - ½ and
no other values are acceptable
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
- refer to the shape of the orbitals
- the value of this quantum number can
be determined using the formula n-1
• But when it comes to the highest
energy level in an electron configuration,
we are going to base it on the highest
energy level resulting from the
electron configuration.
- refer to the energy level of an electron
- denoted with the symbol (n)
- has a value of any positive integer
• If the value of "n" increases, the
farther it becomes from the
the nucleus of an atom.
MAGNETIC QUANTUM NUMBER
- describes the spatial orientation or
specific orbital of an electron.
- its value depends on the angular
momentum value where, it can be
from the range of a negative integer,
zero (0) to a positive integer.
• The value given to the present "ml" will be
valid only if it is covered from the negative
to positive integer range of the "l" value