Complete the (n + l) rule
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- Missing parts
- Answer
- lower
- Choices
- lower
- higher
- larger
- Answer
- lower
- Choices
- lower
- higher
- same
- Complete the statement
- In a multi-electron atom, the {0} the value of (n + l), the lower the orbital's energy. If two orbitals share the same (n + l), the one with the {1} value of n has the lower energy.
Orbital energy in a multi-electron atom, with the tie-break your syllabus gives. Source: syllabus Chemistry Part I, Ch 2 Structure of Atom.