A number which occurs in the theoretical expression for the value of some quantized property of a subatomic particle, atom, or molecule and can only have certain integral or half-integral values.
〔物理〕量子数
Example sentencesExamples
However, in the early 50s Murray Gell-Mann suggested that these new particles had a conserved quantum number which he called ‘strangeness.’
The principal quantum number tells us how far from the nucleus a certain electron is, i.e. what level it occupies, the greater is n, the farther it is from the nucleus.
In the quantum mechanical model, the energy of the ground state (or the lowest energy level possible in the molecule) is not zero, but a finite quantity which is a function of Planck's constant and the vibrational quantum number.
Similar orbital schemes may be constructed for larger values of the principal quantum number.
Each quantum number describes the value of a property of the electron.
Definition of quantum number in US English:
quantum number
noun
Physics
A number which occurs in the theoretical expression for the value of some quantized property of a subatomic particle, atom, or molecule and can only have certain integral or half-integral values.
〔物理〕量子数
Example sentencesExamples
Each quantum number describes the value of a property of the electron.
Similar orbital schemes may be constructed for larger values of the principal quantum number.
In the quantum mechanical model, the energy of the ground state (or the lowest energy level possible in the molecule) is not zero, but a finite quantity which is a function of Planck's constant and the vibrational quantum number.
The principal quantum number tells us how far from the nucleus a certain electron is, i.e. what level it occupies, the greater is n, the farther it is from the nucleus.
However, in the early 50s Murray Gell-Mann suggested that these new particles had a conserved quantum number which he called ‘strangeness.’