Graphing Orbitals in Three Dimensions with Rotatable Density Plots

Louis Kijewski
Department of Chemistry, Medical Technology, and Physics, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ 07764
J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84 (11), p 1887
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1887.2
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2007

Abstract

Explains the procedures for using Maple to produce three dimensional, rotatable plots of the probability densities of wave functions for 1s, 2p, and 3d hydrogen orbitals.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Physical Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Computer-Based Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Mathematics / Symbolic Mathematics

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  • Received: August 03, 2009

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