The Shapes of Atomic Orbitals

This video is a discussion about the shapes of atomic orbitals, and the scientific principles that govern the shapes of atomic orbitals.

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[Tubluer]

Sweet piece of work. Love it. Especially the f orbital visualization, I've not seen that version before and it really helps nail it down

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[yordlop]

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[philoadriensson]

Overall well done! but a few missteps: 1) the nucleus is not a node (which comes out of Schrodinger's equation). 2) the number of nodes is determined by n (principal quantum number), not l (azimuthal)-- you said the number of nodes increases as l increases, but it is n: For n=1 there are zero nodes, n=2 there is one node, n = 3 there are two nodes, and so on. 3) you stated that the shapes are important because of orbital overlap creating bonds. While this is valence bond theory, it is one of several models, none of which can claim to be definitive, and valence bond theory is a fairly limited model.
Otherwise you have a lot of good information here. Thanks for your effort and the stimulants.

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[crystalchaung]

Thanks for talking about the shape of an atom. I was not sure that orbitals were superimposed until then.

[DeniseP]

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[subickshamagesh]

thank u so much sir.... i could clearly understand the concept of nodes.... thanks to u....

[Jasmine-gpvm]

*Why are the p-orbitals shaped like dumbbell? Can it be explained using their total probability density distribution functions?*