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Multipliers for SI Units

a atto- 10 ^18 da deka- 101

f femto- 10 ^15 h hecto- 102

p pico- 10 ^12 k kilo- 103

n nano- 10 ^9 M mega- 106

 micro- 10 ^6 G giga- 109

m milli- 10 ^3 T tera- 1012

c centi- 10 ^2 P peta- 1015

d deci- 10 ^1 E exa- 1018

Quantum Numbers of an Atomic Electron

Name Symbol Possible Values Quantity Determined

Principal n 1, 2, 3, Electron energy

Orbital l 0, 1, 2, , n 1 Orbital angular momentum magnitude

Magnetic ml l, , 0,  ,l Orbital angular momentum direction

Spin magnetic ms ^12 ,^12 Electron spin direction

ATOMIC SHELLS: n (^12345) 
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ANGULAR MOMENTUM STATES: l 0123 4 5
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The Greek Alphabet
Alpha   Iota   Rho  
Beta   Kappa   Sigma 
Gamma   Lambda   Ta u  
Delta   Mu  Upsilon! "
Epsilon # $ Nu % Phi & '
Zeta ( ) Xi * + Chi , -
Eta. / Omicron 0 1 Psi 2 3
Theta 4 5 Pi 6  Omega 7 8
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