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Author: Ball
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.17E
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Whether the statement “the term symbols of an electron configuration are independent of the principal quantum number of the uppermost shell” is true or false is to be stated.

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A term symbol describes the orbital, spin and total angular momenta of an electronic state. The symbol L represents the vector sum of orbital angular momentum. The symbol S represents the vector sum of spin angular momentum. The symbol J represents the total angular momentum. Therefore, the term symbol is represented as given below.

2S+1LJ

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