There are nine orbitals in the n = 3 shell. There is one orbital in the 3s subshell and three orbitals in the 3p subshell. The n = 3 shell, however, also includes 3d orbitals.

What Subshells are possible in n 3 energy level?

For n = 3 energy level, the possible values of l are 0, 1 and 2. Thus, there are three subshells namely: l = 0, s subshell ; l = 1, p subshell ; and l = 2, d subshell.

How many f orbitals are there in n 3?

The f-subshell, for which l=3 , doesn’t come around until the fourth energy level, n=4 . Therefore, you can say that the third energy level contains no f-orbitals since it contains no f-subhsell.