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Atomic Orbitals

What Is An Atomic Orbital?

The 1s, 2s and 3s Orbitals

The 2p and 3p Orbitals

The 3d Orbitals

Hybrid Orbitals

What Is A Hybrid Orbital?

The sp, sp2 and sp3 Hybrid Orbitals

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The 2p and 3p Orbitals

 

Note that

bulletdue to the size of the orbital files, it may take several seconds for the orbitals to appear,
bulletonly the total electron density is shown for each orbital (i.e., the phases for each orbital are not shown), and
bulletwhen a p orbital is depicted in a textbook, the shape of the orbital is often exaggerated
(elongated) to illustrate the directionality of the orbital along a particular axis, or within a
particular plane.

 

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expanded view		 2py

expanded view		 2pz

expanded view
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expanded view		 3py

expanded view		 3pz

expanded view
 

Note that the total electron density

bulletlies directly along the corresponding axis for each orbital, and
bulletlies further from the nucleus as the principal quantum number increases
(from n = 2, shown at the top of the page, to n = 3).