What are the shapes of subshells if the value of azimuthal quantum number 'I' is 2?
Correct answer: C. Complicated
- A. Spherical
- B. Dumbbell
- C. Complicated
- D. All of these
Explanation
When the angular quantum number is equal to 2, the shape of the orbital gets cloverleaf or we can say it gets complicated in shape.
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