A certain orbital has and . The number of radial nodes in this orbital is ______. (Round off to the nearest integer).
Answer: 0
Solution
The magnetic quantum number runs from to , so requires , while allows no larger than . The orbital is therefore a orbital with . The number of radial nodes is , so this orbital has radial nodes.
JEE Main · 2021 · 17 Mar 2021 · Shift 1 · Integer answer