Atomic Orbitals

Orbital: An orbital is a region in space within which there is a high probability of finding an electron

• Orbital and orbit are different → orbit travels at a constant velocity at a constant distance from the nucleus

• Erwin Schrödinger → devised maths equation to work out the probability of finding an electron in a particular sublevel → gave the dimensions of orbitals

• s orbital → spherical

• p orbital → dumbbell shape → consists of p_x p_y p_z →x+y+z are axis