Question

Where exactly is an orbital? I understand they are a volume where we expect to find electrons 90% of the time but I don't understand where their shapes are and fit on an atom, and the different forms of orbitals confuse me a little. Can someone explain me where they are with the help of an image? Pardon me if my question isn't very clear

Answer 1

95% of the time (or any other percentage you choose), the electron will be found within a fairly easily defined region of space quite close to the nucleus. Such a region of space is called an orbital. You can think of an orbital as being the region of space in which the electron lives