Orbitals

Chemistry Level 4

What are the total number of planar nodes in an orbital with the 4 quantum numbers as follows

n = 5 n = 5 ; l = 2 l = 2 ; m = 0 m = 0

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Aniket Sanghi
Mar 16, 2016

It is d z 2 dz^2 orbital as l = 2 and m = 0......and d z 2 dz^2 orbital has no planar node due to its special structure with ring at centre

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Exactly it only has nodal cones With semi-vertical angles being arccos(1/3)

Suhas Sheikh - 3 years ago

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Lol you taught me more :P! I didn't knew about angles :)

Aniket Sanghi - 3 years ago

If all the orbitals are degenerate then why it cant be dxy,dyz,dzx and dx^2-y^2

Aaditya Singh - 2 years, 1 month ago

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