Provide one set of acceptable quantum numbers for each of the valence electrons in sulfur?
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I assume you mean sulfur atom. Well, sulfur atom has an electron configuration of:
#1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^4#
or in short,
#[Ne] 3s^2 3p^4#
or diagrammatically,
#underbrace(ul(uarr darr)" "ul(uarr color(white)(darr))" "ul(uarr color(white)(darr)))_(3p)#
#ul(uarr darr)#
#""" "^(3s)#
Sulfur can be seen to have six distinct electron quantum states:
- Spin-up in
#3s# - Spin-down in
#3s# - Spin-up in
#3p_x# - Spin-down in
#3p_x# - Spin-up in
#3p_y# - Spin-up in
#3p_z#
The principal quantum number is
The angular momentum quantum number is
The magnetic quantum number is
The spin quantum number is
And so, we have the following quantum number sets...
#(n,l,m_l,m_s) = (3,0,0,+1/2)# #(n,l,m_l,m_s) = (3,0,0,-1/2)# #(n,l,m_l,m_s) = (3,1,-1,+1/2)# #(n,l,m_l,m_s) = (3,1,-1,-1/2)# #(n,l,m_l,m_s) = (3,1,+1,+1/2)# #(n,l,m_l,m_s) = (3,1,0,+1/2)#