Which of the following quantum number sets, {n, l, ml}, could describe a two lobed dumb-bell shaped orbital?
a. {1,0,0}
b. {5,1,1}
c. {3,0,1}
d. {3,2,-1}
e. {4,3,-1}
2007-06-21 05:16:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
b. {5,1,1}
l =1 => its a p-orbital => it's dumb-bell shaped.
2007-06-21 07:15:35 · answer #1 · answered by s0u1 reaver 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Orbitals with l = 0 are entirely symmetrical around the nucleus and orbitals with l = 1 have only 2 lobes, eliminating answers b and c. The requirement that n > l eliminates a as being impossible. With n = 3 and l = 2, four of the five orbital shapes are four-lobed, one of which is "clover leaf shaped" in the sense that the lobes do not point along the axes but along the diagonals between the x and y axes, so answer d is possible. I am not familiar with the shapes of the orbitals with l = 3.
2016-05-21 12:37:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The anwer is d.(32-1)
2007-06-23 00:09:05 · answer #3 · answered by Adamu A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
b it's a p orbital (l=1)
2007-06-21 05:58:17 · answer #4 · answered by Chris 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
d. {3,2,-1}
2007-06-21 05:59:59 · answer #5 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋