Suppose you take a trip to a distant
you find that the periodic table there is derived from an arrangement of quantum numbers different from the one on earth. the rules in that universe are:
1. principal quantum number n = 1, 2, . . (as on earth);
2. angular momentum quantum number ℓ = 0, 1, 2,. . , n – 1 (as on earth);
3. magnetic quantum number mℓ = 0, 1, 2, . . , ℓ (only positive integers up to and including ℓ are allowed);
4. spin quantum number ms = –1, 0, 1 (that is, three allowed values of spin).

(a) assuming that the pauli exclusion principle remains valid, what is the maximum number of electrons that can populate a given orbital?

(b) write the electronic configuration of the element with atomic number 8 in the periodic table. (formatting: superscript numbers where appropriate but omit parentheses.)

(c) what is the atomic number of the second noble gas?