explain boundary surface diagrams - Chemistry - Structure of Atom

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explain boundary surface diagrams?

Ishan Goyal · Accepted Answer

Boundary surface diagrams are used to
represent, the shape of an orbital in 2-D, as orbitals are exists
in 3-D, and it is difficult to represent a 3-D image in 2-D
Boundary surface diagram of 3d orbital is as
follows:
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