Which of the following orbitals is more directional ?

s

-orbital

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p

-orbital

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s p

-orbital

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is B $s p$ -orbital
p-orbital has equal-sized lobes. In $s p$ -hybrid orbital most of the possibility of finding electron is on one side, making the latter more directional in character.

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