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THE OVERLAPPING POWERS OF 2s 2p 2sp2 2sp3 2sp orbitals are ???? and WHY?????

THE OVERLAPPING POWERS OF 2s 2p 2sp2  2sp3   2sp orbitals are ???? and WHY?????

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Prashanth Velvaluri
16 Points
13 years ago

2S has maximum overlapping power while 2p has minimum. While those with more s-characters have overlapping. The reason is that s being spherical has more overlapping power than p which is large in its length.

The order is 2s > 2sp > 2sp2 > 2sp3 > 2p.

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