Nodes, angular vs radial

[AngelinaYuleiGao 1B]

What are nodes? And what is the difference between an angular node and a radial node? I thought a node was the point in between two lobes where there is 0 probability of finding an electron, so why are they called angular and radial?

[Caden Ciraulo 1J]

You are right in stating that a node is a location in which an electron has a 0 percent probability of being located. The main difference is in the shape of the nodes due to the different overlaps of shells when looking for nodes. A radial node is spherical whereas an angular node tends to be a flat plane.

[Violet Mbela 2B]

I try to think of it as angular, so sharp, geometric, and radial as round/circular.