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1s orbitaln = 1, l = 0
Spherical with no nodes. The radial probability peaks at one Bohr radius from the nucleus.
2pz orbitaln = 2, l = 1
Two lobes of opposite sign along z, separated by the xy nodal plane.
3dz² orbitaln = 3, l = 2
Two lobes along z and a ring around the nucleus, of opposite sign, divided by two conical nodes.
3dxy orbitaln = 3, l = 2
Four lobes between the x and y axes. The xz and yz planes are nodes.
4fxyz orbitaln = 4, l = 3
Eight lobes, one per octant, alternating in sign across the three coordinate planes.
Adenosine triphosphate
44 atoms read from ATP.pdb, in CPK colours. Point at an atom to name it.
Each orbital is 1,600 Monte Carlo samples of |ψ|²: red and blue mark the two signs of the wavefunction. The radius is drawn exactly from its Gamma distribution and the direction is rejection-sampled from the angular part. Source: orbital.js.