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principal quantum number

one of four quantum numbers which are assigned to each electron in an atom to describe that electron's state
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principal quantum number

Summary

principal quantum number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • principal quantum number's subclass of is recorded as quantum number[2].
  • principal quantum number's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02mbq7[3].
  • principal quantum number's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-10:2019 Quantities and units — Part 10: Atomic and nuclear physics[4].
  • principal quantum number's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/principal-quantum-number[5].
  • principal quantum number's studied by is recorded as quantum physics[6].
  • principal quantum number's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03327469n[7].
  • principal quantum number's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1[8].
  • principal quantum number's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 136640[9].
  • principal quantum number's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[10].
  • principal quantum number's Fandom article ID is recorded as tok:Principal_quantum_number[11].
  • principal quantum number's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 104240894[12].
  • principal quantum number's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as PrincipalQuantumNumber[13].
  • principal quantum number's quantity symbol is recorded as n[14].
  • principal quantum number's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as 1[15].
  • principal quantum number's QUDT quantity kind ID is recorded as PrincipalQuantumNumber[16].
  • principal quantum number's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C104240894[17].
  • principal quantum number's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 228794[18].
  • principal quantum number's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as glavnoe-kvantovoe-chislo-ce9d87[19].
  • principal quantum number's QUDT dimension ID is recorded as A0E0L0I0M0H0T0D1[20].

Why It Matters

principal quantum number ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . ISO 80000-10:2019 Quantities and units — Part 10: Atomic and nuclear physics. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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