Boron (B) — its atomic orbitalsBoron is element 5: period 2, group 13, metalloid of the p block. Its ground-state configuration is 1s² 2s² 2p¹, so its outermost occupied shell is n = 2 and holds 3 electrons.Each orbital below is the hydrogen-like solution at the effective nuclear charge Slater's rules give its subshell, so its radial nodes and its angular nodes fall where the wavefunction changes sign rather than where a drawing puts them. Slater screening gives the effective charge; the energy is the hydrogen-like −13.606 Z_eff²/n², and ⟨r⟩ the mean radius of one orbital of the subshell.

Subshell

Electrons

Z_eff

Energy (eV)

Radial nodes

Angular nodes

⟨r⟩ (Å)

4.70

-300.55

0.169

2.60

-22.99

1.221

2.60

-22.99

1.018

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