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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

why do the 1s orbitals lack nodes even though the electron continues to revolve the nucleus in its wave like path?

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10 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Vikas TU
10 Years ago
1s orbitals are the spheres which has high density of elctron present and the probability of finding an elecron is zero then it is said as node.
Therefore,  1s orbitals lack nodes even though the electron continues to revolve the nucleus in its wave like path.