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Standard XII
Chemistry
Shapes of Orbitals and Nodes
The number of...
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The number of nodal plane(s) in a px orbital is:

A
One
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Two
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Three
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Zero
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Solution

The correct option is A One
Nodal plane is an imaginary plane on which the probability of finding an electron is minimum. Every p-orbital has one nodal plane which exists perpendicular to the axis of the corresponding p-orbital.
For px orbital, nodal plane exist in yz plane.

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