p-orbital

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Diagram showing the shapes and orientations of the three p orbitals-p_x, p_y, and p_z-each with two lobes on opposite sides of the nucleus and aligned along the x, y, or z axis, with nodal planes at the nucleus.

Diagram showing two types of electron orbitals in atoms: a spherical s orbital on the left and a dumbbell-shaped p orbital on the right, each centered around a labeled nucleus with x, y, and z axes.

Diagram showing electron density shapes for atomic orbitals: A spherical s orbital at the top left, and three dumbbell-shaped p orbitals oriented along the x, y, and z axes below, each with labeled axes.

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Diagram showing the shapes and orientations of the three p orbitals-p_x, p_y, and p_z-each with two lobes on opposite sides of the nucleus and aligned along the x, y, or z axis, with nodal planes at the nucleus.

atomic orbital

Figure 3: The boundary surfaces of the three p orbitals of a given shell....

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Diagram showing two types of electron orbitals in atoms: a spherical s orbital on the left and a dumbbell-shaped p orbital on the right, each centered around a labeled nucleus with x, y, and z axes.

electron orbitals in atoms

(Left) s orbital; (right) p orbital.

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Diagram showing electron density shapes for atomic orbitals: A spherical s orbital at the top left, and three dumbbell-shaped p orbitals oriented along the x, y, and z axes below, each with labeled axes.

Electron densities in wave functions of the Schrödinger equation

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