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2pz orbital (hydrogen)

โ˜ Probability distribution

2pz: n = 2, l = 1 (p orbital). Radial nodes 0 ยท angular nodes 1.

Purple / cyan = opposite signs (phase) of ฯˆ; brightness = |ฯˆ|ยฒ. Drag the 3D cloud to rotate.

An orbit is a path (like a planet's). An orbital is different: it is a cloud showing where the electron is likely to be found. Electrons in atoms have orbitals, not orbits.