Atomic Orbitals p, d, f orbitals
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Orbitals and orbits
When a planet moves around the sun, its definite path, called an orbit, can be plotted. A drastically simplified view of the atom looks similar, in which the electrons orbit around the nucleus. The truth is different; electrons, in fact, inhabit regions of space known as orbitals. Orbits and orbitals sound similar, but they have quite different meanings. It is essential to understand the difference between them.
The impossibility of drawing orbits for electrons
To plot a path for something, the exact location and trajectory of the object must be known. This is imossible for electrons. The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states that it is impossible to define with absolute precision, at the same time, both the position and the momentum of an electron. That makes it impossible to plot an orbit for an electron around a nucleus.
Consider a single hydrogen atom: at a particular instant, the position of the electron is plotted. The position is plotted again soon afterward, and it is in a different position. There is no way to tell how it moved from the first place to the second. This process is repeated many times, eventually creating a 3D map of the places that the electron is likely to be found.
In the hydrogen case, the electron can be found anywhere within a spherical space surrounding the nucleus. The figure above shows a cross-section of this spherical space. 95% of the time (or any arbitrary, high percentage), the electron is found within a fairly easily defined region of space quite close to the nucleus. Such a region of space is called an orbital, and it can be thought of as the region of space the electron inhabits. It is impossible to know what the electron is doing inside the orbital, so the electron's actions are ignored completely. All that can be said is that if an electron is in a particular orbital, it has a particular, definable energy.
Each orbital has a name.
The orbital occupied by the hydrogen electron is called a 1s orbital. The number "1" represents the fact that the orbital is in the energy level closest to the nucleus. The letter "s" indicates the shape of the orbital: s orbitals are spherically symmetric around the nucleus—they look like hollow balls made of chunky material with the nucleus at the center.
The orbital shown above is a 2s orbital. This is similar to a 1s orbital, except that the region where there is the greatest chance of finding the electron is further from the nucleus. This is an orbital at the second energy level. There is another region of slightly higher electron density (where the dots are thicker) nearer the nucleus ("electron density" is another way of describing the likelihood of an electron at a particular place).
2s (and 3s, 4s, etc.) electrons spend some of their time closer to the nucleus than might be expected. The effect of this is to slightly reduce the energy of electrons in s orbitals. The nearer the nucleus the electrons get, the lower their energy. 3s, 4s (etc.) orbitals are progressively further from the nucleus.
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