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No. Same shape, but different size.

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Yes, all s orbitals have the same size, regardless of the energy level they are in. This is because s orbitals are spherical in shape with the electron density focused around the nucleus.

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Does an electron have the same amount of enery in all orbitals?

All of the orbitals in the same energy sublevel (s, p, d, f) have the same amount of energy. For example, each of the 3p orbitals have the same energy and all of the electrons in the 3p orbitals have the same energy.


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This is true for orbitals within the same subshell (s, p, d, f), as they all have the same principal quantum number. However, as you move to higher energy levels, the energy of the orbitals within a subshell can differ slightly due to shielding and other factors.


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There are a total of 32 possible orbitals in the spdf sublevels of an atom. This includes 2 s-orbitals, 6 p-orbitals, 10 d-orbitals, and 14 f-orbitals. Each orbital can hold up to 2 electrons, so the maximum number of electrons that can be accommodated in the spdf sublevels is 64.


What is orbitals called?

The different orbitals are s orbitals, p orbitals, d orbitals, and f orbitals.


What are s - p - d and f?

Designations given to orbitals, in the order atoms of increasing size require them.


What meant by hybridization of atomic orbital?

Hybridization of atomic orbitals is the intermixing of atomic orbitals having a approximate energy to form equal number of hybrid orbitals having the same shape, size and energy but pointing in different directions. The new orbitals which are formed are "hybrids" of the originals and have properties that are somewhere in between. For example, a common hybridization is sp3 where three p orbitals combine with an s orbital to form four new orbitals. Other combinations (such as sp and sp2) are also possible.


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What is the difference between d2sp3 and sp3d2 hybrid orbitals?

Good question. A lot of people use them interchangeably, and assume they are the same. They are not the same. With sp3d2, the s, p and d orbitals which are hybridized all come from the same energy level, for instance, it has been taught that when sulfur combines with six fluorine atoms to make SF6 that the 3s, 3p and two 3d orbitals hybridize to make the sp3d2 hybrid orbital set. But d2sp3 is different. In this case the d-orbitals come from the n-1 energy level. Transition metals may exhibit d2sp3 hybridization where the d orbitals are from the 3d and the s and p orbitals are the 4s and 3d. The bottom line is this, in sp3d2 hybridization all of the orbitals have the same principal quantum number. In d2sp3, the principle quantum number of the d orbitals is one less than the principal quantum numbers of the s and p orbitals. We see d2sp3 hybridization in the transitions metals and sp3d2 hybridization in the nonmetals. There is one more issue. Chemists today are finding out that in compounds like SF6 there is no involvement of d-orbitals. In other words, there is no sp3d2 hybridization in SF6. A more likely explanation involves what is called "3-center, 4-electron" bonding in which three orbitals overlap axially (in a straight line) and contain a total of 4 electrons. This means that the 3 unhybridized p-orbitals of sulfur are all that is needed to make the six bonds with fluorine atoms. Now you can be the first in your class to point out that there really isn't any sp3d2 hybridization at all.


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Hybridized orbitals do not extend further from the nucleus than the s or p orbitals from which they originate. Hybrid orbitals are localized around the nucleus similar to s and p orbitals. Hybrid orbitals combine characteristics of the original s and p orbitals to form specific geometries required for bonding.


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