orbitals and subshells

Hi, please could someone explain the different between orbitals and subshells please? I'm really confused because in a video i watched it said orbitals are subshells rotated in a different direction x,y,x etc but in another place it says orbitals are just space and it also says there are s,p and d subsheels but also s,p and d orbitals. Please could someone help, thanks!

Reply 1

BankaiGintoki

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Orbitals - region of space around a nucleus, hold 2 electrons with opposite spins
You got s orbitals, p orbitals, d orbitals (the one you need to know for A Level)
Sub shell - group of orbital of same type
S subshell - contain one s orbital
P subshell - contain three p orbital
d subshell - contain five d orbital

Read https://www.chemguide.co.uk/atoms/properties/atomorbs.html

Reply 2

anonymous294

OP

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Original post by BankaiGintoki

Orbitals - region of space around a nucleus, hold 2 electrons with opposite spins
You got s orbitals, p orbitals, d orbitals (the one you need to know for A Level)
Sub shell - group of orbital of same type
S subshell - contain one s orbital
P subshell - contain three p orbital
d subshell - contain five d orbital

Read https://www.chemguide.co.uk/atoms/properties/atomorbs.html

Hi thanks for this, but what do you mean by orbital of the same type? Is subshells therefore a collective name for all the for example, p orbitals? Thanks!

Reply 3

BankaiGintoki

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Original post by anonymous294

Hi thanks for this, but what do you mean by orbital of the same type? Is subshells therefore a collective name for all the for example, p orbitals? Thanks!