Nodes in the d orbital
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Nodes in the d orbital
How many nodes does the d orbital have? I think the p orbital just has 1 node and the s orbital has 0 nodes.
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Re: Nodes in the d orbital
I believe that the d orbital has 2 nodes due to the possible regions of electron density.
Re: Nodes in the d orbital
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.
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Re: Nodes in the d orbital
In terms of significant figures, the "d" orbital would have 2 nodes because l=2.
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