Orbitals, the Basics: Atomic Orbital Tutorial - probability, shapes, energy |Crash Chemistry Academy

A crash course tutorial on atomic orbitals including an explanation of how orbitals connect to electron configurations
-More on Atomic Orbitals | Wikipedia-
"An atomic orbital is a mathematical function that describes the wave-like behavior of either one electron or a pair of electrons in an atom.[1] This function can be used to calculate the probability of finding any electron of an atom in any specific region around the atom's nucleus. The term, atomic orbital, may also refer to the physical region or space where the electron can be calculated to be present, as defined by the particular mathematical form of the orbital.[2]
Each orbital in an atom is characterized by a unique set of values of the three quantum numbers n, ℓ, and m, which respectively correspond to the electron's energy, angular momentum, and an angular momentum vector component (the magnetic quantum number). Any orbital can be occupied by a maximum of two electrons, each with its own spin quantum number s. The simple names s orbital, p orbital, d orbital and f orbital refer to orbitals with angular momentum quantum number ℓ = 0, 1, 2 and 3 respectively. These names, together with the value of n, are used to describe the electron configurations of atoms. They are derived from the description by early spectroscopists of certain series of alkali metal spectroscopic lines as sharp, principal, diffuse, and fundamental. ...
Atomic orbitals are the basic building blocks of the atomic orbital model (alternatively known as the electron cloud or wave mechanics model), a modern framework for visualizing the submicroscopic behavior of electrons in matter. In this model the electron cloud of a multi-electron atom may be seen as being built up (in approximation) in an electron configuration that is a product of simpler hydrogen-like atomic orbitals. The repeating periodicity of the blocks of 2, 6, 10, and 14 elements within sections of the periodic table arises naturally from the total number of electrons that occupy a complete set of s, p, d and f atomic orbitals, respectively, although for higher values of the quantum number n, particularly when the atom in question bears a positive charge, the energies of certain sub-shells become very similar and so the order in which they are said to be populated by electrons (e.g. Cr = [Ar]4s13d5 and Cr2+ = [Ar]3d4) can only be rationalized somewhat arbitrarily."
Wikipedia contributors. "Atomic orbital." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 17 May. 2016. Web. 27 May. 2016.

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The more complexly shaped the orbital (say d vs s), the more energy required (angular momentum) for an electron to remain in that area. It takes more energy for an electron to be in a d shape than in an s shape, thus 3d electrons have slightly higher energy than 4s.

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That's not true. The energy depends only on the principal quantum number n, your 3 or 4 in this case, as long as you have a single electron and you use non-relativistic quantum mechanics. The splitting of the energy levels is mostly due to the interaction of several electrons with each other, and there are also small corrections due to relativistic effects and the magnetic field of the nucleus.

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Wow out of so many other videos about orbitals, yours was the most clearest to me! I don't know if its just because I'm a visual learner, but whatever it is, your explanation is the clearest! Keep up the great work :)

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ikr... I missed the class in school.... and I was so blank. god... this helped me a lot. at least I will now understand what's going on.

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it was the clearest and it was slow and good visual graphics too.

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This video along with couple of videos cleared up entirely. I began wondering and confusing myslef. I want able to imagine. Because anything to make sense u need to imagine it. And this video helped me get that .

[@TheRok]

Thanks a lot for this! It's worth it to clarify that, even though the whole “s for sphere and p for polar” thing is good for remembering as a mnemonic, for example, that's NOT actually what the letters stand for. The shell or orbital s stands for *sharp*, p stands for *principal*, d stands for *diffuse*, and f stands for *fundamental*. And the reason early spectroscopists gave them those letters is the way the “spectral lines” produced from spectroscopy looked like in each case; s's lines were “sharp”, p's lines were the strongest (“principal”), d's lines were “diffuse” (scattered or perhaps fuzzy in contrast with s's sharpness), and f's lines’ frequency ratios were similar to that of Hydrogen's so seemed to them...“fundamental”. This may not help as much as the mnemonics for early students, but it will certainly help if a student likes chemistry or chooses a career in it; you don't want to sound misinformed or ignorant of those facts when talking to other chemists.

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What about g, h, and i?

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The quantum number 'spin' is why each orbital lobe when filled, only has two electrons, one spin up, the other spin down. It is absolutely forbidden for an atom to contain two electrons with same quantum numbers, hence spin up or spin down, though electrons do not appear to spin. Quantum stuff blew my mind.

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to maintain the stability ie energy they spin in apposite directions

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RokWisdawn That's very interesting, I've always wondered why they were given those letters.

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I was having a hard time trying to visualize how orbitals overlap each other with different shapes and energy levels but this vid made it as clear as glass thankkk u genius

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If anyone is wondering why only two electrons can be in a single orbital, it's because of the pauli exclusion principle. It's a quantum law that says you can't have two fermions (matter particles) in the same place at the same time being identical. Now I like to think of it in this way: you can determine an electrons location in an orbital, but not with absolute certainty. So two electrons COULD be in exactly the same spot. The one property that could make them not identical is weak isospin, which for electrons can either be +1/2 or -1/2, but a much more intuitive way to think of it is literally the direction in which they're going. To summarize, There is a law that says two particles can't be identical. If two electrons are in the same orbital, they have to be spinning in different directions. If a third one comes in, it's spin would be identical to one of the two, which is impossible.

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I was confused on orbitals for about a year and a half. My Honors Chemistry class didn't go into depth about them, and now that I'm in AP, we're expected to know them. Thank you for this video. I finally have an inkling of what they are.

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Wish id seen this 13yrs ago when I was at uni. Decided to see if i could learn something I didn't understand back then. Its made me really wonder how they taught this now, as this is so much easier than I thought.

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In my first chem class at a large university, taught by a chemistry grad student in 1979-- I don't know whether he really understood orbitals, but I certainly had no clue what he was talking about. I almost dropped the class because of that.

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This is the best explanation I've found. It's a very simple concept when addressed properly. I don't know why no one else thought to clearly match the shape to the letter and draw it on an axes to clearly give us a picture. Those who explain it the best understand it the best. I will be flicking through your videos when I have grasped this :) Thank you SO much!

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The best explanation of orbitals. the sentence ( the shape is the probability of the position of the electrons, not the path) explained confusion for two semesters trying to grasp what these shapes are. Thank you so much!

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No one just wants to break down energy level, shape and number of electrons like you did. Everyone just likes to make things complicated. Thank you

[@scisarah3770]

I hope this question makes sense, but for the sake of pursuing higher learning would someone care to try and explain why there is a higher probability of finding an electron within _those_ specific shapes? Does it have to do with the way electrons repel each other? Even if someone could link me to an article or something I would be very appreciative!

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

The behavior of electrons in an atom is described mathematically by the Schrodinger Equation (1926) which is called the quantum mechanical model, and which is still used for the basis of quantum mechanics today with some modifications. The equation has four variables that describe electron behavior, and the values allowed for those variables are called quantum numbers. When plugging in the allowed quantum numbers, the orbitals emerge. The probability aspect comes from the Schrodinger Equation defining the electron as a wave as the basis for the math, and the wave came from Louis de Broglie describing the basis for the quantization of electrons as a wave phenomenon (1924) which was interpreted by Max Born (1924) to be referring to the electron's probability of existing in any particular location. In Schrodinger's equation, the letter psi represents the electron wave, and psi^2 represents the probability of where the electron might be at a given moment within an orbital, but the entire orbital can only be represented as a space in which there is a certain probability of finding an electron, the 90% used in the video. The "certain probability" is necessary, because at 100% probability, the orbital balloons to take up the entire universe: there is a 100% probability of finding the electron somewhere in the universe. If the probability is shrunk down to 90%, then the math is able to describe a space, the orbitals, that are reasonably small enough to define the size of an atom. You may want to view my video about de Broglie's wave interpretation here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pX3HXmmLrtmef7c.

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@@CrashChemistryAcademy That was such an interesting and complete response, thank you so much! I have never heard the "100% probability" explained like that before. I will watch the video you linked and I truly appreciate the thoroughness of your reply!

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@@scisarah3770 You're welcome! This is fun stuff!

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

@Proh Done Yes, any neutral atom has the same number of protons and electrons. If the number of electrons was different (an ion) its properties would be very different than the neutral atom.

[@richarddeese1991]

To Aptua: I think the same way! If you look at the orbitals as described in this very good video, it does make you wonder why the electrons "choose" those configurations in particular. And yes - the math points to those shapes. But again, why? There are several things to consider. The electrons, being all negatively (and equally) charged, do repel each other. But at the same time, they're attracted to the protons in the nucleus. Also, there's the strong nuclear force to contend with. I don't have the math for any of this, understand, I just try to grasp things conceptually, forming ideas and pictures in my head. Notice one key thing, though: the shapes of the (90% probability!) orbitals are a bit like flattened tear drops. The largest area is farther away from the nucleus - and from the other electron. So, in a sense, you could picture (very crudely, of course) the idea that the electrons, though attracted to the nucleus, must avoid getting too close to each other. The 'balance' if you will, is a sort of compromise between forces. Again, that's really crude, but a workable mental picture. We certainly progressed a great deal over the old models! At first, we thought (or rather, assumed) that electrons would orbit the nucleus like planets orbit the sun. Then we developed the "cloud" model, where they were just smeared out around the nucleus in no particular order. Now, we have a much better idea (and handy computer visuals) of the actual shapes. I hope this helps some, without being too crude or off-kilter. tavi.

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Thank you for this video! I'm getting back into Chemistry after 10 years, to further my career in the medical field. and quantum mechanical model was something I don't think I ever quite understood. I've watched a few videos, including Crash Course (I love the series. It's entertaining, but their orbital video didn't help me much). Your video broke it down and clarified the points I wasn't understanding. Thank you so much, and we'll done!

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So does Bohr technique work or should I choose a specific style for highschool?

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@@justabarbiegirl The bohr model would only work for the hydrogen atom l so i would say keep it for finding electrons in the hydrogen atom

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At last, after A Level Chemistry and a degree in Geology, a clear explanation, really appreciate it, could have done with this 30 years ago.

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I cannot believe that this video is 9 years old but explains this in the best way possible, i really needed a visual representation and here i have it. Broken down so well thank you.

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dude i have taken college chemistry 1 and 2 and organic 1 and am now in organic 2 and i've struggled with understanding orbitals the whole time. I'm just now actually understanding the concept thanks to your video. Awesome job at explaining while keeping in mind that people watching this probably reeeaaaally just want to be explained in detail but without confusing words and other harder concepts thrown in.

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I recommend watching the crash course video about electrons and then watching this video because he does mention some things that he doesn't explain in the video, but they do in crash course. I finally understand now after the two videos

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I love visual explaination because i can use my imagination rather than knowledge

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One of the best explanations out there, understanding that these shapes are areas where there's high probability for electrons to be is exactly the part I was missing, just changing "orbitals" to "areas" or some other word would have made it much less confusing, but I get the historical reasons (bohr model) thanks for the video!

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Thank you! This was so helpful for my Chemistry exam~ I looked every where and this really helped me understand orbitals!

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this is the best explanation of orbitals that I have found on the internet.

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I drew them on Macromedia Freehand, which unfortunately is no longer commercially available. Adobe killed it, but their Illustrator is similar.

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the best video on arrangement of electrons around nucleus thanks for clearing my long termed doubt now it becomes super clear

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Thanks and good point-- my electron configurations vid goes into that.

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This the first video that I have found that actually explains all aspects of this topic, +1 and a new subscriber.

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I'm glad it was helpful!

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Like the way you explained it all, most of the videos on KZbin seem to me to be people trying to set a new speed record for fastest video. The presentation was great - thanks a lot

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The best explanation combined with great visuals. and also explaing the overlapping and if I understand correctly the outer electrons can trespass into the lower energy level orbitals.I also like the clarity of naration. Thanks a heap.

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[@Flibbertigibbetish]

Thank you so much for the video , I finally got to understand this. But what is the relation between the wave function psi and the different orbitals ?

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I tell you....your explanation on orbitals is the best ever I know from any resource so far. Please keep up your work.

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thanks for making this video it really helped in understanding ORITALS

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The first and only explanation of orbitals that really made sense to me. Thanks very much!

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Much better than Hank Green!

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totally agree although he's been really good for everything else so far and I'm up to episode 25

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I laughed so hard when I saw your comment omg Nice to know I'm not the only one who didnt get Hank's explanation hahah

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Best explanation for this concept of orbital. What bother me is how all these people dislike that video

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Well it has about a 97% - 3% like-dislike ratio, so I'm happy with that!

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@@CrashChemistryAcademy no seriously.. Thank you so much man for doin this. I'm takin orgo fall semester, I'm so lucky to have the syllabus before semester starts. I'm getting ready for the fall. I've watched more than a dozen videos on KZbin. Yours is the best explanation I got so far. THANK YOU

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Orgo is the best! My favorite chemistry class. After that class, which too many students complained about, I felt that a true chem major was one who liked orgo. (A bit elitist, but I was young...) Anyway, for orgo you will need to know about hybrid orbitals, so you may want to watch my vid on that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHm7h5yQid1_jtE, and I also have an introductory orgo vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/emnNnKh_g56fedU Thanks for you comments!

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Great video! You sound like Steven Segal by the way :)

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

I've been researching my family tree and have discovered that I actually am Steven Segal. It was quite a shock, but the wealth and fame have cushioned the blow.

[@missy314]

Thank You!!! spent almost two hours flipping from my orgo textbook to my chemistry textbook and other youtube videos and this video is the only one that made sense to me. Awesome!!

[@hrl2985]

wow !! I totally understand this. Thank you !!!!

[@chetanchavan3242]

it's been 5 years i had been trying to understand orbitals.. finally because of you i got it clearly.. thank you

[@matthewcoleman1595]

Haha!! Guess who's acing his quiz tomorrow!? This was very helpful!

[@Miss_Prowlheart]

did you ace the quiz? :>>>

[@SuperstarTheMasked]

after checking 100's of youtube videos, i must say you are indeed the master of explaining things. your knowledge is concise and easy to understand and thorough. only video i have seen that actually shows and explains how each orbital overlaps and is arranged around the nucleus ! PLEASE LOAD MORE VIDEOS....!

[@elviolado7140]

very well explained, thanks a lot

[@elleseabraham520]

Just subscribed. I hope this guys doesn’t stop putting up videos. I noticed this one was posted 10 years ago

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

Thanks, I'm still around, making a few now and then. Your comment helps!

[@deepprakash6781]

this video is awesome!!!! thank you

[@mirai9972]

Finally at age of 22 now i understand what orbitals really are and how they look in reality . I wished to understand it better when i was 14 but we know how teachers are

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

Well, not sure chemistry is really for your average 14 year old. The cognitive development is not there for most.. It really should be a class for 16-17 year olds (junior yr HS).

[@delkahwaji]

Why are the axis mixed up? like isn't the vertical axis called "Y", and the slanted axis called "Z". Thanks for the great video btw!

[@kriyaramjuttan9499]

I know it's 5 years later, but I noticed the same thing

[@yoldakibiri]

@@kriyaramjuttan9499 actually in 2d we have x and y lengths. And if we add it height to these lengths it will be in 3d. So if you think that you are looking from the positive side of z axis, you can see the x and y axises. I think that is the point. :)

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Protect this guy at all cost !!! Man we need more professors like you, thank you for making this video :):)

[@HitAndMissLab]

Is it possibly easy to explain why dumb-bell orbitals have such an unusual shape? Same for doughnut shape, please. What is the root cause which influences the shape of orbitals?

[@8bitronin774]

Good question I would like to know as well.

[@rickdeckard1075]

its a solution to a 3-d equation - that shape solves the (eigen-) equation

[@HitAndMissLab]

Rick Deckard That's obvious, it doesn't need mentioning. What are the principal influences, in short, on which these equations are based? What two or three influences are in balance with each other?

[@rickdeckard1075]

HitAndMissLab thats obvious, if you know what an eigenfunction and probability amplitude are...lol....why are you even mentioning it?

[@HitAndMissLab]

Rick Deckard Its not obvious, to me at least. I am not an expert, but you are.

[@hubertzumbach478]

Best explanation I found so far! Now I finally got it!

[@sherylmapondoro2086]

this is so much better than waking up to study.

[@glassofmilk7141]

Ikr, going to sleep studying is better than waking up studying hahaehaahoohoo

[@jagjitsingpawar8322]

Exelllent explanation sir.. i was too confused ... By shapes...and keep reminding that they are just shapes where e finding probability is high👏👏

[@shihabsararudoy6174]

i learned a lot ........tq for posting

[@joannelee520]

This explanation is so good that even I, a 13 year-old can understand!

[@NuclearQs]

I still don't understand. But science no one else is complaining I'll go cry myself to sleep

[@mustafasiddiqui4161]

Since*

[@Grejegando]

What is it exactly that you don't understand?

[@moonnightlight]

Andres fierro you and me both

[@ahsansarhandi2872]

Bro I don’t know about your basic knowledge but this can be easily understood if you have some knowledge already about chemistry. I mean am an a level student , I can’t solve questions of higher level unless I understand my own level Maybe you should take help of someone who has the basic knowledge. He can understand and make you understand this

[@coldl1terral454]

This guy is the type of teacher that can teach anything and anyone can learn

[@ShapurTheLegend]

diagrams were useful

[@tessagrant6674]

Very helpful. Thank you for talking at a good pace and not making me feel like an idiot. I'm in AP Chem right now and this electron configuration stuff is crazy! This helped me though. Thanks!

[@wadehosking4446]

Heisenberg? The one who knocks?

[@CrashChemistryAcademy]

No-- the one who cooks.

[@inkyguy]

The one from whom the name was taken.

[@BLOPIsUrM8]

Then name Heisenberg is already taken. Would you like Heisebergknocks67?

[@papoobhoy2320]

After searching and watching lot of videos on this topic for two days I found this simple & easy to understand video.Countless praises,salutes , appreciations and best regards for all the presenters of this video.