Graphical Representation of Orbitals

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Te Jung Yang 4K
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Graphical Representation of Orbitals

Postby Te Jung Yang 4K » Sun Nov 11, 2018 5:49 pm

In class, professor Lavelle said that orbitals are wave functions, but when he pointed to the graphical representation of the orbitals, he kept using the term probability density/distribution. I know that the probability density is the square of the wave function, but I just wanted a clarification on whether or not the pictures he was pointing to are wave functions or probability distributions. Thanks!

Shivangi_2J
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Re: Graphical Representation of Orbitals

Postby Shivangi_2J » Sun Nov 11, 2018 6:01 pm

the graphical representations are the probability distributions

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Re: Graphical Representation of Orbitals

Postby 404817859 » Sun Nov 11, 2018 11:07 pm

that is correct ^


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