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Titanium ground state

The ground state term symbol of Ti is 3F2 but I don't understand how this is possible because L will have to be 3 for it to be F ... but L = l1 + l2, L1+l2-1... |l1-l2| and there is two electrons in the d shell so i don't understand how it happens
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Original post by jacksonmeg
The ground state term symbol of Ti is 3F2 but I don't understand how this is possible because L will have to be 3 for it to be F ... but L = l1 + l2, L1+l2-1... |l1-l2| and there is two electrons in the d shell so i don't understand how it happens


L is the total orbital angular momentum. What are the mlm_l values for the d orbitals you have put electrons in?

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