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   Jason Goga was espousing about 'electron orbitals',
   on [10-08-92  21:16] to All!
 JG> I was in chem class the other day (as usual) and we were discussing
 JG> the various shapes of orbitals at the various energy levels of
 JG> electrons. Now we discussed S, P, D, and F. However no 3d picture of
 JG> an 'F' orbital was given. I was wondering if such a plot exists and if
 JG> so can I get a copy. 
 JG> ALSO, the S orbital is symetrical, so is the P. However in 3dx2 there
 JG> is this 'dougnut' shaped orbital, whereas it's counterparts are
 JG> ovalish. Why is this?

    This is a good question for a phyisics newsgroup.  I would
    explain it but unless you've had Differential Equations and
    several years of calculoous it would appear a shear gibberish
    to you.  It's not very simple unfortunately.  It also has a
    bit to do with chaos theory.

            Stephen Cyberman@Toz.Buffalo.NY.US
            Scripted at Sat  10-10-1992  16:09:01

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