QJEEM25Che6ad: JEE Main 2025 Chemistry - Class 11 JEEM25Che6ad Solution: For hydrogen atom, the orbital/s with lowest energy is/are :…

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For hydrogen atom, the orbital/s with lowest energy is/are :

(A) $\mathrm{4 s}$

(B) $3 \mathrm{p}_x$

(C) $3 \mathrm{~d}_{x^2-y^2}$

(D) $3 \mathrm{~d}_{z^2}$

(E) $4 \mathrm{p}_z$

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In hydrogen atom the orbitals in a shell are degenerate means energy depends only on ' $n$ '

$∴ E_{3 p_{x}} = E_{3 d_{x^{2} - y^{2}}} = E_{3 d_{z^{2}}}$

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