For years I wondered why electron orbitals are shaped the way they are - for instance why does the 3d orbital have two lobes and a donut? Only after learning ab

For years I wondered why electron orbitals are shaped the way they are - for instance why does the 3d orbital have two lobes and a donut? Only after learning about spherical harmonics did it finally click from an intuitive sense. Münster University has a great set of videos which helped me understand the how orbitals relate to harmonic modes of a sphere. Check them out: Spherical Harmonics: https://youtu.be/Ziz7t1HHwBw https://youtu.be/Ziz7t1HHwBw More info & videos: https://www.quantumreflections.net https://www.quantumreflections.net