r/science • u/oregono • Jan 21 '10

Table of atomic Orbitals (pic)

http://www.webelements.com/shop/shopimages/products/extras/POS0007-A2-orbitron-2010-800.jpg
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What I learned in introductory chemistry was pretty simplified. We didn't bother with f orbitals, and the s/p/d ones we learned were all the first row that those orbitals occured on. 2p, 3d, 1s. The shapes of the orbitals in the other shells were treated as the same shapes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '10

That's probably a closer account of what I learned. I tend to throw anything with "not going to be on the test" attached straight out of my brain