In which of the following case would be probability of finding an electron residing in a dxy orbital be zero?

Question

In which of the following case would be probability of finding an electron residing in a dxy orbital be zero? (A) xy - and yz - planes (B) xy - and xz - planes (C) xz - and yz - planes (D) z - direction, yz - and xz -planes

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<img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/0feac625a914812d36e78174359fe4b6-.jpeg" /> xz and yz - planes are nodal planes.

Q. In which of the following case would be probability of finding an electron residing in a $d_{x y}$ orbital be zero?

$x y$ - and $yz$ - planes

$x y$ - and $x z$ - planes

$x z$ - and $yz$ - planes

$z$ - direction, $yz$ - and $x z$ -planes

$x z$ and $yz$ - planes are nodal planes.

Q. In which of the following case would be probability of finding an electron residing in a dxy​ orbital be zero?

xy - and yz - planes

xy - and xz - planes

xz - and yz - planes

z - direction, yz - and xz -planes