Question

Why there are no 1p orbitals?

Answer 1

• If we talk about the first orbital $1\mathrm{s}$, it could have a maximum of 2 electrons.
• The reason why $1\mathrm{p}$ does not exists.
• We also know that the quantum number $\left(\mathrm{n}\right)$ should be larger than angular momentum number.
• To understand more let us take an example as if $\mathrm{n}=1$,we only have $\mathrm{l}=0$ and similarly for $\mathrm{n}=2,$ we could have $\mathrm{l}=0\mathrm{and}1$ (Which are s and p).
• Thus, there are no 1p orbitals.