JEE CHEMISTRY MCQ: STRUCTURE OF ATOM

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The five

d

-orbitals are designated as

d_{x y}, d_{y z}, d_{x z}, d_{x^2-y^2}

and

d_{z^2}

. Choose the correct statement.

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Correct option: C

The shapes of the first four orbitals are similar but that of the fifth orbital is different

The correct answer is D (Ths shapes of all five

d

-orbitals are different) because the

d_{z^2}

orbital has a different shape compared to the other four

d

-orbitals.

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