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Shapes of Orbitals and Nodes

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State True or False:
The electron density in $x y$ -plane of $3 d_{x^{2} - y^{2}}$ orbital is zero.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
The given statement is False.
The electron density in xy-plane in $3 d_{x^{2} - y^{2}}$ orbital is non zero. $3 d_{x^{2} - y^{2}}$ orbital lies along the X and Y axis. The maximum electron probable density is along the X and Y axis.

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