p orbital ( $l = 1$ )

An atomic orbital with orbital angular momentum quantum number

l = 1

. Real

p_{x}, p_{y}, p_{z}

combinations have opposite quantum phases in their two lobes and a nodal plane through the atomic nucleus. An orbital phase is not an electric charge.

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Pi electron
s-p mixing in a one-dimensional tight-binding chain

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