What can be done in a laboratory to correctly identify flame tests that are the same color

You can separate your lab materials for each flame test and color code them using non-flammable labels.

It helps a ton when I do lab tests

How do we find the answer?

There is one s orbital, and there are three p orbitals, five d orbitals, and seven f orbitals. thus, the answer is b. do not confuse the number of orbitals in a subshell with the number of electrons the subshell can hold. each orbital can hold two electrons, so the capacity of an nf subshell is 14 electrons.