02:43How to Determine Number of Angular Nodes, Radial Nodes, and Total Nodes of Orbitals ExamplesConquer Chemistry934views
Textbook QuestionConsider a fictitious one-dimensional system with one electron. The wave function for the electron, drawn below, is c1x2 = sin x from x = 0 to x = 2p. (b) At what value or values of x will there be the greatest probability of finding the electron? 524views
Textbook QuestionThe accompanying drawing shows a contour plot for a dyz orbital. Consider the quantum numbers that could potentially correspond to this orbital. (d) The probability density goes to zero along which of the following planes: xy, xz, or yz?736views
Textbook Question(b) Identify the number of nodes; that is, identify places where the electron density is zero, in the 2px orbital; in the 3s orbital.747views
Textbook Question(a) With reference to Figure 6.19, what is the relationship between the number of nodes in an s orbital and the value of the principal quantum number?782views
Textbook QuestionFigure 7.4 shows the radial probability distribution functions for the 2s orbitals and 2p orbitals. (a) Which orbital, 2s or 2p, has more electron density close to the nucleus?842views
Textbook QuestionHow many nodal surfaces does a 4s orbital have? Draw a cutaway representation of a 4s orbital showing the nodes and the regions of maximum electron probability.734views
Open QuestionWith reference to the figure below, what is the relationship between the number of nodes in an s orbital and the value of the principal quantum number?171views