ATOMIC STRUCTURE-d-orbitals

SHAPES OF d-ORBITALS

        The magnetic quantum number(m) for d- orbital are -2,-1,0,+1,+2
        It shows that d- orbitals have five possible orientations
        Accordingly there are five types of d- orbitals- dxy,dyz,dxz,dx2-y2 and dz2

 dxy,dyz and dxz are clover leaf shaped with four lobes along the respective planes.
 i.e.,in dxy orbital the lobes are in xy plane

In dyz orbital the lobes are along yz plane

In dxz orbital the lobes are along xz plane

      

In dx2-y2 oorbital the four  lobes are along the x and y axis

dz2 orbital is dumbell shaped with two  lobes along z axis with doughnut shaped electron cloud in the centre.