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What is an orbital? How it is different from Bohr’s orbit? (OR) Comparison between orbit and orbital.

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The region of space around the nucleus where the probability of finding electron is maximum is called orbital. Whereas orbit is the path of the electron around the nucleus.

These two are differentiated like this

OrbitOrbital
1. Path of electron around nucleus.1) Probability of finding electron around nucleus.
2. Orbits are represented by letters K, L, M, N, 0, …….etc.2. Orbitals are represented by letters s, p, d, f, g, …….etc.
3) Its information is given by principal3) Its information is given by orbital quantum number.
4) It is two dimensional.4) It is three dimensional.
5) It does not satisfy Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.5) It satisfies the Heisenberg’s principle of uncertainty


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