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Magnetic Quantum Number tells you what? how many orbitals are in s, p ,d?

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The number of orbitals in a shell is the square of the principal quantum number: 12 = 1, 22 = 4, 32 = 9.

There is one orbital in an s subshell (l = 0), three orbitals in a p subshell (l = 1), and five orbitals in a d subshell (l = 2). The number of orbitals in a subshell is therefore 2(l) + 1.
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