Question

a. Give the functional forms for the radial and angular parts of the 3d wavefunctions (i.e. ψ3,2,2 ; ψ3,2,-2 ; ψ321 ; ψ32-1 ; ψ320)

b. Change the imaginary part of the angular component of these functions to their real form (i.e. 3d(x^2-y^2)....etc)

c. Find the nodal planes of these orbitals and plot enough points to outline the orbitals.

The book for this course shows the equations for the prior principle quantum numbers (n=1, 2), but doesn't talk about the arithmetic process necessary to arrive at subsequent equations for the n=3 orbitals. I stupidly waited until the professor had no more office hours before it was due, and here we are.

Answer 1