Question

Question 08

The number of radial nodes for 3p orbital is.......

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1

Answer 1

For a hydrogen atom wave function, there are n-l-1 radial nodes and (n - 1) total nodes.

Number of radial nodes 2n 3p orbital $=n-l-1$

$=3-1-1=1$