kazempoor at ph.iut.ac.ir wrote: > Dear All > It is not clear for me if the orbitals of one atom hybridyze with each > other? I mean for example for Mn isolated atoms does the s and > p and d hybridyze? How does the situation change when go from isolated atom > to crystal ? > In general when does the overlap between orbitals lead to hybridization? > always unless they belong to different symmetry representations. Hence s, p and d orbitals of a system with spherical symmetry do not hybridize, while in a solid or in a molecule they usually do.
Stefano de Gironcoli SISSA and DEMOCRITOS > Thanks a lot > > Ali Kazempour > Physics Department, Isfahn University of Technology > _______________________________________________ > Pw_forum mailing list > Pw_forum at pwscf.org > http://www.democritos.it/mailman/listinfo/pw_forum >
