In: Chemistry
which of the following properties is associated with the value of the mlquantum number?
a. the orientation of the orbital in space
b. the size of the orbital
c. the shape of an orbital
d the number of full orbitals
the quantum number m is associated with the orientation of the orbital in the space.
the quantum number l is associated with the shape of the orbital.
say for p orbital the l=1 and m values are -1,0,1.
from l=1 we can easily understand it is a p orbital and it is dumble shaped.
Again -1 m value means when an atom placed in the magnetic field the p orbital is oriented antiparallel to the direction of the magnetic field.