Question
What is the difference between the terms orbit and orbital?
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Answer
| | Orbit | | Orbital |
| i. | An orbit is a well-defined circular path around the nucleus in which the electrons revolve. | i. | An orbital is the three-dimensional space around the nucleus within which the probability of finding an electron is maximum (upto 90%) |
| ii. | It represents the planar motion of an electron around the nucleus. | ii. | It represents the three dimensional motion of an electron around the nucleus. |
| iii. | All orbits are circular and disc like. | iii. | Different orbitals have different shapes, i.e. s-irbitals are spherically symmetrical, p-orbitals are dumb-bell shaped and so on. |
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