Which of the following does not have spherical as well as angular node
Dear student,
- The shape of 1s and 2s orbital are spherical in nature.
- The 2p orbital has two lobes (polar). So,There is a planar node normal to the axis of the orbital (so the 2px orbital has a yz nodal plane).
- The shape of 3d orbital have an even more complex angular distribution than the p orbitals. It is a "clover leaf" distribution (something like 2 dumbbells in a plane). d orbitals have two angular nodes (two angles at which the probability of electron is always zero.
- Hence the correct answer is option (c).