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Grade 12Inorganic Chemistry

How many nodal planes do d x2- y2 have?1)12)23)04)none

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Profile image of Mohit Dhaka
9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Umakant biswal
9 Years ago
@ mohit 
option no 4 turns out to be the correct option here , 
as u will draw the axial plane they donot have any electron their , 
and so, zero electron density , so, 0 nodal planes 
HOPE IT CLEARS 
Profile image of Mohit Dhaka
9 Years ago
Here option 4 is none of these .now as per i think the electron density is minimum at axis x-y=0 and x+y=0so nodal planes will lie along these axis .d x^2-y^2 do not have axial nodal planes but have non axial nodal planes as mentioned before so please clear my doubt
Profile image of Gulshan
9 Years ago
Angular nodes can be of two types nodal planes and nodal cones this orbital has 2 nodal cones and no nodal plane