Thursday, 31 December 2015

quantum chemistry - What exactly is an orbital?


What exactly is an orbital? Atomic or molecular.


Is it the function that describes the behaviour of the electron?


Is it the Schroedinger's equation solution, e.g., for Hydrogen atom?


Is it the probability of finding any electron of an atom in any specific region around the atom's nucleus?


Maybe all these describe the same thing. What is it?




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