How many electrons in the ground state of a Hg atom can have the quantum number ml = +1?
The way I am trying to figure this out is as follows..
Electron configuration for HG is..
[Xe]6s^2 5d^10
n=6
l : ml
0: 0
1: -1,0,1
2: -2,-1,0,1,2
3 -3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3
4 -4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4
5: -5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5
so ml can = +1 where l=1-5
Thats a total of 5 subshells that can have ml=+1.
If each subshell can hold two electrons, then the answer must be 10 right?
But apparently it is actually 16. Can someone please explain to me how it is 16?