Miscellany: Jerk and Hybrid Orbital

Most recent answer: 10/11/2017

Q:
why two uequal lobes are form during hybridisation . what is jerk in physics.
- harshit (age 17)
agra u.p. india
A:

If you make a hybrid wave out of one that's spherically symmetrical and one that has a positive and a negative lobe, the spherical wave will enhance one lobe and partially cancel the other.

"Jerk" means rate of change of acceleration, in this context.

Mike W.


(published on 10/11/2017)