d Orbitals

For l = 2, ml = -2, -1, 0, +1, +2

? d subshell with 5 orbitals

For l = 1, ml = -1, 0, +1

? p subshell with 3 orbitals

For l = 0, ml = 0

? s subshell with single orbital

For n = 3, what are the values of l?

l = 0, 1, 2

and so there are 3 subshells in the shell.

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