Summary:
- There are four different classes of electron orbitals.
- These orbitals are determined by the value of angular momentum quantum number.
- We can apply our knowledge of quantum numbers to describe the arrangement of electrons for a given atom.
- We look at the four quantum numbers for agiven electron and then assign that electron to a specific orbital.
- For any value of , a value of places that electron in an s orbital.
- This orbital is spherical in shape:.
- The most complex set of orbital are the f orbitals, which have specific three-dimensional orientations.