(a) With reference to Figure 6.19, what is the relationship between the number of nodes in an...

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(a) With reference to Figure 6.19, what is the relationship between the number of nodes in an s orbital and the value of the principal quantum number? 

Figure 6.19

(b) Identify the number of nodes; that is, identify places where the electron density is zero, in the 2px orbital; in the 3s orbital. 

(c) What information is obtained from the radial probability functions in Figure 6.19? 

(d) For the hydrogen atom, list the following orbitals in order of increasing energy: 3s, 2s, 2p, 5s, 4d.

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0134414232

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Authors: Theodore Brown, H. LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew Stoltzfus

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