Degenerate Orbitals

[Charlie Gravereaux]

Hi, I do not know what the term degenerate orbital means-can anyone clarify what exactly this is?

[Alex FreeWolf 2E]

a degenerate orbital just refers to an orbital that is equal in energy

[Emily2J]

a degenerate orbital just refers to an orbital that is equal in energy

Equal in energy to what?

[Sanjana Narayanan 2J]

Degenerate orbitals are equal in energy to each other.

[Rhea Desai 1A]

For example, in a hydrogen atom, the 2s and 2p orbitals are degenerate meaning that they have the same energy value. Moving from one to another doesn't lower the energy of the atom.

[Allison Peng 1D]

I'm not actually sure that 2p and 2s are degenerate, since a p-orbital has more energy than an s-orbital. however, 2px, 2py, and 2pz orbitals are degenerate, since they are in the same subshell.

[tashyavakil 2K]

They are orbitals equal in energy

[akemiwebster2G]

in short, orbitals that have the same energy.