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What type of orbital does the image represent?

What type of orbital does the image represent?-example-1
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The image with two different color balls on the positive and negative XYZ axes represents option c: the P subshell.

P subshells have three orbitals, Px, Py, and Pz, which are oriented along the x, y, and z axes, respectively. The two different color balls in the image represent the two different phases of the wavefunctions in the Pz orbital. The Pz orbital extends along the z-axis, with the positive phase on the positive z-axis and the negative phase on the negative z-axis.

S subshells have a single spherical orbital, and D and F subshells have more complex sets of orbitals with different shapes and orientations. Therefore, the image is most indicative of the P subshell with its directional and distinct Px, Py, and Pz orbitals.

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