Electron Density

[Talia Leano 2H]

What is electron density and how are nodal planes related to this concept?

[Navdha Sharma 3J]

Electron density is just the probability of an electron being present.

The electron density or the probability of finding electrons in a nodal plane is zero.

[Lillian Ma 1I]

Adding on to the previous answer, electron density can be solved for by the square of Schrodinger's wave equation and is represented by the s-, p-, d-, and f- orbital shapes. Another thing to note is that since the s- orbital is spherical, it has a symmetric electron density and no nodal plane.

[Andre Fabian 1F]

Chi squared represents the probability of finding e-, and nodal planes are the possible locations for an e-.



Hope this helps!
Andre