Orbital angular momentum quantum number

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acherentia

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Aug 11, 2010

Why is the s,p,d,.. nomenclature derived for the H atom also valid for many-electron atoms?

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antibrane

Aug 11, 2010

It comes from the early days of atomic spectroscopy; s, p, d, f stand for sharp, principle, diffuse, and fundamental. After that there are no names associated with the letters.

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