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Orbital Angular Momentum Quantum Number

Applicable units are those of quantitykind:OrbitalAngularMomentumQuantumNumber

The "Principal Quantum Number" describes the electron shell, or energy level, of an atom. The value of $n$ ranges from 1 to the shell containing the outermost electron of that atom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_number

http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=31894

$l^2 = \hbar^2 l(l + 1), l = 0, 1, ..., n - 1$, where $l_i$ refers to a specific particle $i$.

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