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An orbital is not a spherical shell. Edit: These are probably higher energy states. e.g., the 6s orbital: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HydrogenOrbitalsN6L

by Thrymr 13y ago

An orbital is not a spherical shell. Edit: These are probably higher energy states. e.g., the 6s orbital: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HydrogenOrbitalsN6L0M0.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HydrogenOrbitalsN6L0M0.png edit 2: Previous comment was still not correct. More plots of electron density for different energy states: http://cronodon.com/Atomic/AtomTech4.html http://cronodon.com/Atomic/AtomTech4.html

colanderman 13y ago
From the page you linked: "Notice that the electron is most likely to be found at one Bohr radius from the centre, in approximate agreement with the classical atomic model." That's approximately a spherical shell. Why would these be such high-energy states?