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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 sp, sp2 and sp3 Hybrid 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 hybrid 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.

 

sp
One of the two hybrid orbitals formed by hybridization of an s orbital and a p orbital.

sp2
One of the three hybrid orbitals formed by hybridization of an s orbital and two p orbitals.

sp3
One of the four hybrid orbitals formed by hybridization of an s orbital and three p orbitals.

 

Note that the total electron density

bulletchanges (i.e., the shape of the orbital changes) as the amounts of s and p character for the orbital change.