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

3dzhas no nodal palne but a conic nodal surface as shown in the figure.



The grey portion shows the nodal surface.

Similarly for 3d​x2-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

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