why psi(r) graph of s orbital starts from maxima but not P,D,F.......
Aditi Chauhan , 12 Years ago
Grade 10
1 Answers
Sunil Kumar FP
The hydrogen s orbitals correspond to l=0 and only allow ml=0. In this case, the solution for the angular wavefunction, Y0,0(θ,ϕ)is a constant. As a result, the Ψn,0,0(r,θ,ϕ)wavefunctions only depend on r and the s orbitals are all spherical in shape.Because Ψn,0,0depends only on r, In case of other orbital it depends on the angle . porbital-The angular wave functionY1,0(θ,ϕ)=cosθonly depends on θ. Thus it does not starts from maxima
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