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Hi,
I've been working through my lecture notes from last year and I encountered this example of Russel-Saunders term symbols.
I'm confused by the value of L being given as 1 + 2 = 3.
What I recalled was that L is defined for two electrons by the Clebsch-Gordan series L = l(1)+l(2), l(1) + l(2) - 1,...,Mod (l(1) - l(2)). As the two outer electrons of V (III) are in the d subshell (l = 2), surely L = 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 and hence for the ground state we maximize l per Hundt's second law so L = 4.
Any help greatly appreciated !
I've been working through my lecture notes from last year and I encountered this example of Russel-Saunders term symbols.
I'm confused by the value of L being given as 1 + 2 = 3.
What I recalled was that L is defined for two electrons by the Clebsch-Gordan series L = l(1)+l(2), l(1) + l(2) - 1,...,Mod (l(1) - l(2)). As the two outer electrons of V (III) are in the d subshell (l = 2), surely L = 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 and hence for the ground state we maximize l per Hundt's second law so L = 4.
Any help greatly appreciated !