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OpenStudy (sarahc):

HELP PLEASE Explain why the quantum number set (2, 2, -1, -½) is not possible for an electron in an atom.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

This is because (n,l,m,s) must have l<= (n-1) and n cannot be equal to l

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