hw 2.13 [ENDORSED]

[Emely Reyna 1F]

Question 2.17 asks to Describe the orientation of the lobes of the px-, py-, and pz-orbitals with respect to the reference Cartesian axes.
I'm not sure what the orientation of the lobes means. What exactly should we know about lobes?

[Michael Park]

They describe the locations of electrons in a P-orbital. So instead of saying "these electron are in the front and back," we can say "their positions are on the x-axis"
since they are in P-orbital, we state their location as "Px"

same idea for Py and Pz

[KateCaldwell 1A]

They describe the locations of electrons in a P-orbital. So instead of saying "these electron are in the front and back," we can say "their positions are on the x-axis"
since they are in P-orbital, we state their location as "Px"

same idea for Py and Pz

The lobes are in a 3D infinity shape on the p orbital. We use the px-, py-, and pz- to describe what axis they lie on. Px- lie on the x axis, py- lie on the y axis, and pz- lie on the z axis.