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1.the p orbital is subdivided into___,____and______​

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Answer:

See explanation

Step-by-step explanation:

The p orbital actually consists of a set of degenerate orbitals. Degenerate orbitals are orbitals having exactly the same amount of energy.

So we have the px, py and pz orbitals all having exactly the same energy but have different orientations in space. These are the degenerate orbitals in the p- sublevel.

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