Sentence examples for quantum number from inspiring English sources
noun
One of certain integers or half-integers that specify the state of a quantum mechanical system (such as an electron in an atom).
The quantum number n labels the shell of the atom.
The next quantum number needed to specify an orbital is denoted l and called the orbital angular momentum quantum number.
It required the introduction of a fourth quantum number, a highly counterintuitive move as the new quantum number represents nothing that can be visualised.
The number l, called the orbital quantum number, must be less than the principal quantum number n, which corresponds to a "shell" of electrons.
There is a magnetic quantum number also associated with the angular momentum of the quantum state.
The orbits are labeled by an integer, the quantum number n.
Some of them had distinctly worrying quantum numbers.
Electrons with larger quantum numbers generally are farther from the nucleus than those with smaller quantum numbers and are therefore usually less strongly held by it.
The different shapes of the wave pattern are related to the quantum numbers of the energy levels, including the quantum numbers for angular momentum and its orientation.
In any atom, no two electrons have the same set of quantum numbers.
These quantum numbers are conserved in all processes other than the weak force.
