Wavefunctions

[Hannah Cole 3J]

How to radial wavefunctions differ from angular wavefunctions?

[Lucia_Cisneros_ 3A]

Hello,

to answer your question I believe that radial wave functions depend on the distance, or radius from the nucleus. Angular wave functions depend on direction and describe the shape of the orbital.

Hope this helped a little!

[Harleen Kaur]

Hello,

Radial Wave function describes the amplitude and angular wave function describes the electron's probability distribution as in the angles clarifying the directionof the point related to the axis point. Radial function deals with the distance from the nucleus. Angular function deals with the electron's position.

[nyireess]

Radial wave functions for a given atom depend only upon the distance, r from the nucleus. Angular wave functions depend only upon direction, and, in effect, describe the shape of an orbital.