discribe the reason?

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discribe the reason?

Why the names of shells in the atomic discription are not starts from A,B C...?

2006-12-15 23:54:25 · 3 answers · asked by Perochak 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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The reason is because they were named on their respective orbital probabilities and were named as s,p,d,f,g....

s = Sharp
p = Principle
d = diffused etc

Hope u understand this.

2006-12-16 00:01:28 · answer #1 · answered by Som™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I researched the reason for using s,p,d and f. They are historical letters used originally by physicists studying spectral lines, but why those letters and who started them is unanswerable.

2006-12-16 08:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

their names are'nt important.

2006-12-16 08:00:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋