In quantum mechanics, an atomic orbital (/ˈɔːrbɪtəl/) is a function describing the location and wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom. This function...
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In chemistry, orbital hybridisation (or hybridization) is the concept of mixing atomic orbitals to form new hybrid orbitals (with different energies,...
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region. The terms atomic orbital and molecular orbital were introduced by Robert S. Mulliken in 1932 to mean one-electron orbital wave functions. At...
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which atomic orbital is combined in the term. The coefficients are the weights of the contributions of the n atomic orbitals to the molecular orbital. The...
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three main requirements for atomic orbital combinations to be suitable as approximate molecular orbitals. The atomic orbital combination must have the correct...
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orbital diagrams are diagrams of molecular orbital (MO) energy levels, shown as short horizontal lines in the center, flanked by constituent atomic orbital...
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Electron configuration (redirect from Orbital ordering)
molecule has a different orbital structure. The molecular orbitals are labelled according to their symmetry, rather than the atomic orbital labels used for atoms...
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Chemical bond (redirect from Atomic bond)
which includes orbital hybridization and resonance, and molecular orbital theory which includes the linear combination of atomic orbitals and ligand field...
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Atom (redirect from Atomic chemical)
from the original on 7 December 2006. Manthey, David (2001). "Atomic Orbitals". Orbital Central. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008. Herter...
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Azimuthal quantum number (redirect from Orbital quantum number)
quantum number for an atomic orbital that determines its orbital angular momentum and describes aspects of the angular shape of the orbital. The azimuthal quantum...
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