Question

1. Sketch the 1s and 2p orbitals. How would the 2s and 3p orbitals differ from the 1s and 2p orbitals?

2. Sketch the 3p orbitals. How would the 4d orbitals differ from the 3d orbitals?

Answer 1

Solution.

We can easily compare the size of orbitals with the same orbital number, but with different principal quantum numbers (n). The larger this number is, the larger the size of the orbital. The sketch is given below:

2s orbitals are bigger than 1s;

3p orbitals are bigger than 2p;

4d orbitals are bigger than 3d.