calculating the state

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I was looking over my chem notes and I don't understand what the Px,Py, and Pz states mean?

[Jarrett Peyrefitte 2K]

pz consists of two lobes intersected by the internuclear z axis. A nodal plane exists within the two lobes.

px consists of two lobes intersected by the x axis.

py consists of two lobes intersected by the y axis.

[Alan Wu]

These Px, Py, and Pz states are not associated with any of the magnetic quantum numbers (-1,0,1) for the p subshell, unless otherwise stated. Electrons in reality can fill in these orbitals in any order; Px, Py, and Pz are just the names we give these orbitals.

[BryantChung_4B]

Px, Py, Pz just refers to the orientation of the P orbital, the subscript x, y, z, means that the orbital is positioned along whichever axis.