Nodal Planes

[StudentD2B]

Could someone clarify what exactly a nodal plane is, how to find them, and what they cause? Im a little confused on the whole subject.

[Megan Wong 4E]

Nodal planes are areas where there is no possibility of electron density. In other words, it will be impossible to find electrons in nodal planes.
Essentially for this class, I believe that all you need to know is that the p orbital has 1 nodal plane and the d orbital has 2 nodal planes.

[StudentD2B]

Nodal planes are areas where there is no possibility of electron density. In other words, it will be impossible to find electrons in nodal planes.
Essentially for this class, I believe that all you need to know is that the p orbital has 1 nodal plane and the d orbital has 2 nodal planes.

When I was reading about pi bonds, it mentioned that a pi bond has one nodal plane and that a sign bond has no nodal planes, does that just mean that pi bonds contain a region where there is no electron density since they bond in two paces (meaning the part between the two parts o the one pi bond would be the nodal plane?).