ATOMIC STRUCTURE

3.3 - Arrangement of Electrons

3.3.3 - The Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom

The d orbitals

There are five d orbitals. Four of them have the shapes of a cloverleaf. The fifth one resembles a p orbital with a donut around the middle.

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