Atomic Structure5

What orbital has only positive values of wave function at all distances from the nucleus?

1s
2s
2p
3d

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3
msp ·

1s is there ne diff ans.

1
D Queen ·

How??

1
Anirudh Kumar ·

all other orbital 1s have a radial node .
their probability verusus distance graph touches x-axis at some point at these points their (wavefunction v/s distance graph ) changes it's sign .

thus 1s remains positive .

otherwise we can remember graphs of few functions

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