Please tell in which planes do nodal planes of dx^2-y^2 and dz^2 orbital lie?
Please draw a 3-D diagram for this poor student. Please, It will be very helpful to me.
Dear Student
3dz2 has no nodal palne but a conic nodal surface as shown in the figure.
The grey portion shows the nodal surface.
Similarly for 3dx2-y2,
A plane passing through the z-axis and bisecting the x and y-axis is the nodal palne for this.
Hope this helps!
Regards
3dz2 has no nodal palne but a conic nodal surface as shown in the figure.
The grey portion shows the nodal surface.
Similarly for 3dx2-y2,
A plane passing through the z-axis and bisecting the x and y-axis is the nodal palne for this.
Hope this helps!
Regards