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Question

The orbital angular momentum of a 4p electron will be

Options

A.$4.\frac{h}{2\pi}$
B.$\sqrt{2}\frac{h}{2\pi}$
C.$\sqrt{6}\frac{h}{4\pi}$
D.$\sqrt{2}\frac{h}{4\pi}$

Solution

For p-orbital, $l$ = 1

∴ Orbital angular momentum $= \sqrt{l(l + 1)}.\frac{h}{2\pi} = \sqrt{1(1 + 1)}.\frac{h}{2\pi} = \sqrt{2}.\frac{h}{2\pi}$

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