als i All orbitals of the same shell in the absence of

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als i All orbitals of the same shell in the absence of magnetic field possess same energy i e they are degenerate ii All orbitals of the same subshell differ in the direction of their space orientation 2 iii Total number of orbitals in a main energy shell is equal to n but not more than 16 in any of the main shells of the known elements n 1 No of orbitals 1 1 1s n 2 No of orbitals 2 2 4 2s 2 px 2py 2pz No of orbitals 3 9 3s 3 px 3 py 3 pz 3dxy 3d 3d a n 3 3d