Nodes in the d orbital

Moderators: Chem_Mod, Chem_Admin

Post Reply
Emma Healy 2J
Posts: 116
Joined: Wed Sep 30, 2020 9:45 pm

Nodes in the d orbital

Postby Emma Healy 2J » Tue Nov 17, 2020 10:38 pm

How many nodes does the d orbital have? I think the p orbital just has 1 node and the s orbital has 0 nodes.
Top
MHarrold_1E
Posts: 108
Joined: Wed Sep 30, 2020 9:47 pm
Been upvoted: 2 times

Re: Nodes in the d orbital

Postby MHarrold_1E » Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:16 pm

I believe that the d orbital has 2 nodes due to the possible regions of electron density.
Top
BKoh_2E
Posts: 104
Joined: Wed Sep 30, 2020 9:57 pm

Re: Nodes in the d orbital

Postby BKoh_2E » Wed Nov 18, 2020 2:41 pm

I believe that is correct. One of the LAs informed me that the number of nodes is related to the "l" orbital angular momentum quantum number. Since the d orbital is "l"=2, it will have two nodal planes.
Top
tholz11
Posts: 108
Joined: Wed Sep 30, 2020 9:38 pm

Re: Nodes in the d orbital

Postby tholz11 » Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:07 pm

Nodes are proportional to the l value, therefore it has 2 nodes
Top
John_Tran_3J
Posts: 108
Joined: Wed Sep 30, 2020 9:58 pm

Re: Nodes in the d orbital

Postby John_Tran_3J » Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:10 pm

In terms of significant figures, the "d" orbital would have 2 nodes because l=2.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Wave Functions and s-, p-, d-, f- Orbitals”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 7 guests