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Explain shape of orbitals |
| Answer» \tThe boundary surface diagram for the s orbital looks like a sphere having the nucleus as its centre which in two dimensions can be seen as a circle.\tHence, we can say that s-orbitals are spherically symmetric having the probability of finding the\xa0electron\xa0at a given distance equal in all the directions.\tThe size of the s orbital is also found to increase with the increase in the value of the principal quantum number (n), thus,\xa04s > 3s> 2s > 1s. | |