Question 25

Which of the following orbitals are degenerate ?

$3 d_{x y}, 4 d_{x y}, 3 d_{y z}, 4 d_{y z}, 4 d_{z^{2}}$

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Solution

The orbitals which belongs to same subshell and same shell are called degenerate orbitals. $(3 d_{x y}, 3 d_{z^{2}}, 3 d_{y z})$ and $(4 d_{x y}, 4 d_{y z}, 4 d_{z^{2}})$ are the two sets of degenerate orbitals.

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