Radial and Planar Nodes

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Isis_DW_3G
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Radial and Planar Nodes

Postby Isis_DW_3G » Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:19 pm

Can someone explain the difference between radial and planar nodes?
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Ryan Laureano 3I
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Re: Radial and Planar Nodes

Postby Ryan Laureano 3I » Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:51 pm

Radial has a spherical shape and planar has a flat shape (think of the x,y, or z planes).
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Re: Radial and Planar Nodes

Postby reva_bajjuri » Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:31 pm

i know that s orbitals dont have angular nodes but do they have radial ones?






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