acherentia Messages 46 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Aug 11, 2010 #1 Why is the s,p,d,.. nomenclature derived for the H atom also valid for many-electron atoms?
antibrane Messages 37 Reaction score 0 Aug 11, 2010 #2 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.
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.