The region having the maximum probability of finding an electron in space is known as ___.

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The region within an atom where the electron is anticipated to be 90% of the time is known as an atomic orbital.
It depicts electron mobility in three dimensions around the nucleus.
Each orbital is represented by a set of quantum numbers: principal quantum number (n), Azimuthal quantum number (l), and magnetic quantum number (m_l).
There are four types of orbitals: s orbital, p orbital, d orbital and f orbitals.
Hence, the region having the maximum probability of finding an electron in space is known as atomic orbital.

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