Chemistry, asked by supervegetavscell, 10 months ago

Why is energy of s orbital greater than p orbital in hydrogen like atoms?

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Answered by Khushwant23

if we observe the structure of hydrogen then it's nucleus has 1 proton and in its s orbital has 1 electron which is very near to the to the nucleus therefore it gets very higher force of attraction from nucleus where as it's p orbital is very far from nucleus and vacant therefore it consist of no electron in it so no force of attraction will be experienced by the nucleus . due to the higher force of attraction from nucleus the ionization enthalpy(energy) will be more of s orbital than that of p orbital

supervegetavscell: Hydrogen does not have orbital. But hydrogen like atoms have with principal atomic no. 2 have 2p and 2s orbital.

Khushwant23: see hydrogen do have oebital because the 1 elctron of it should be locted somewhere and it is found in the 1s orbtal of hydrogen and since it has electron and nucleus has proton thefore there exist an attractive force between them which increases its ionization enthalpy

supervegetavscell: But a stronger nuclear attraction will make energy of electron more negative

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