which is easier to make a model of and what materials should i use
ps best answer recieves 10 points
2007-10-09 10:14:24 · 6 answers · asked by Mr. Point Gurad-rifict 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
They are both equally easy to make if you use electrons.
Sorry... you were asking for it!
s-orbitals are probably the easiest and the most boring: they look like fuzzy balls. You can't easily show the radial distribution, anyway, especially the zeros in the higher orders which lead to shells, so the fuzzy ballness becomes a hard sphereness...
p-orbitals look like tear drops or sour drops, depending on how you plot them and it becomes mighty complicated after that. Not so easy anymore... but styrofoam might work for a few of the simple ones.
http://www.unb.br/iq/kleber/CursosVirtuais/QQ/aula-17/orbitals.jpg
http://images.google.com/images?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&q=orbitals&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
2007-10-09 10:25:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely the s-orbital - pretty much the only physical way to represent it is as a perfect sphere. Get yourself a nice styrofoam ball, maybe mark the axes (x and z), and you're done. Describing how electrons move within it is a much different problem.
2007-10-09 17:20:46 · answer #2 · answered by Amplikon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
S orbital is easier to make, but if you are doing this for a grade, wouldn't it be best to do something a little more challenging? Clay and a wire frame would work for both.
2007-10-09 17:51:19 · answer #3 · answered by Eric MP S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
s-orbital is easier to make. All you have to have is a polystyrene foam ball. Ta-da! A p-orbital is harder. You have to have two polystyrene foam balls. You have to stick a toothpick in one, half-way, then stick it in the other. You have to work to find styrofoam balls in a craft or hobby shop. Food color to color the different orbital types is optional.
2007-10-09 17:23:54 · answer #4 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
s orbitals, they are spherical. p orbitals are elongated in the x, y, z axis so it is harder to make a model.
blow up a balloon, Papier-mache it, burst balloon inside and you are left with a round model.
2007-10-09 17:21:17 · answer #5 · answered by Greenman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hate to tell u the truth but i have no clue what are u trying to make a model of if u don't mind me asking
2007-10-09 18:39:03 · answer #6 · answered by Sarah cutie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋