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Grade 11Inorganic Chemistry

number of planes present in molecule which contain maximum number of atoms

Profile image of Amrutha Tadisetty
9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Umakant biswal
9 Years ago
@ amrutha 
we can calculate the no of planes by the following method . 
no of nodal planes in an orbital = azimuthal quantum number 
for s orbital , l=0 so, nodal planes =0 here . 
for p orbital , l=1 , so, nodal plane =1 and so on .. 
in case of molecular orbital formed by p atomic orbital bonding orbital are formed by the overlapping of same wave signs and it will create 1 nodal planes while antibonding orbital will give 2 nodal planes . 
HOPE IT CLEARS