Q101 · CSIR-NET Chemistry, December 2013

Paper: CSIR-NET December 2013 · Subject: Physical Chemistry · Chapter: Quantum Chemistry · Topic: Hydrogen Atom · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Easy

The orbital with two radial and two angular nodes is

(a)$3 p$

(b)5 d

(c)5f

(d)8 d

Answer

Answer: B ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high

The source book printed no answer; this one was worked out and checked — see the explanation.

Explanation

Two angular nodes ⇒ l = 2; two radial nodes ⇒ n − l − 1 = 2 ⇒ n = 5: 5d.

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