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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

Which orbital gives an electron the greatest probability of being found close to the nucleus

Profile image of Laltesh Singh
9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Kaavya Purohit
8 Years ago
S orbital bcuz it is spherical in shape, while the other p and d orbitals have dumbell and double dumbell shape respectively, which have nodal plane where the probability of finding an electron is zero... S orbital has no nodal planes... Hence the greatest probability