difference between s and p orbital
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s orbital:
★The boundary surface diagram for the s orbital looks like a sphere having the nucleus as its centre which in two dimensions can be seen as a circle.
★Hence, we can say that s-orbitals are spherically symmetric having the probability of finding the electron at a given distance equal in all the directions.
★The size of the s orbital is also found to increase with the increase in the value of the principal quantum number (n), thus, 4s > 3s> 2s > 1s.
p orbital:
★Each p orbital consists of two sections better known as lobes which lie on either side of the plane passing through the nucleus.
★The three p orbitals differ in the way the lobes are oriented whereas they are identical in terms of size shape and energy.
★As the lobes lie along one of the x, y or z-axis, these three orbitals are given the designations 2px, 2py, and 2pz. Thus, we can say that there are three p orbitals whose axes are mutually perpendicular.