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This question arose when I was told that there were positive and negative lobes in an orbital. I wanted to know on what basis this was proposed and hence I searched it on web and found out that it resembled the phases of the wave. But I always thought of orbital as a 2-d racing circuit for the electron, in which the electron would race around while bobbing up and down. Hence I wanted to know whether the p-orbital is the wave itself or is it like a racing circuit?

Here is my attempt to explain it visually! (Great graphics? Thank you!)

Conclusion : Electrons don't have position. They are called particles only because they show nature of particles. Since they don't have position and are not particles, then there is actually no reason to visualize their path. They are waves. (If there is something wrong about the conclusion, then feel free to comment below)

This question arose when I was told that there were positive and negative lobes in an orbital. I wanted to know on what basis this was proposed and hence I searched it on web and found out that it resembled the phases of the wave. But I always thought of orbital as a 2-d racing circuit for the electron, in which the electron would race around while bobbing up and down. Hence I wanted to know whether the p-orbital is the wave itself or is it like a racing circuit?

Here is my attempt to explain it visually! (Great graphics? Thank you!)

Conclusion : Electrons don't have position. They are called particles only because they show nature of particles. Since they don't have position and are not particles, then there is actually no reason to visualize their path. They are neither particles nor waves but a mix of them. (If there is something wrong about the conclusion, then feel free to comment below)

This question arose when I was told that there were positive and negative lobes in an orbital. I wanted to know on what basis this was proposed and hence I searched it on web and found out that it resembled the phases of the wave. But I always thought of orbital as a 2-d racing circuit for the electron, in which the electron would race around while bobbing up and down. Hence I wanted to know whether the p-orbital is the wave itself or is it like a racing circuit?

Here is my attempt to explain it visually! (Great graphics? Thank you!)

Edit: I have just been exposed to the quantum world so I guess I have been spoiled by many analogies

This question arose when I was told that there were positive and negative lobes in an orbital. I wanted to know on what basis this was proposed and hence I searched it on web and found out that it resembled the phases of the wave. But I always thought of orbital as a 2-d racing circuit for the electron, in which the electron would race around while bobbing up and down. Hence I wanted to know whether the p-orbital is the wave itself or is it like a racing circuit?

Here is my attempt to explain it visually! (Great graphics? Thank you!)

Conclusion : Electrons don't have position. They are called particles only because they show nature of particles. Since they don't have position and are not particles, then there is actually no reason to visualize their path. They are waves. (If there is something wrong about the conclusion, then feel free to comment below)

This question arose when I was told that there were positive and negative lobes in an orbital. I wanted to know on what basis this was proposed and hence I searched it on web and found out that it resembled the phases of the wave. But I always thought of orbital as a 2-d racing circuit for the electron, in which the electron would race around while bobbing up and down. Hence I wanted to know whether the p-orbital is the wave itself or is it like a racing circuit?

Edit: I have just been exposed to the quantum world so I guess I have been spoiled by many analogies

Here is my attempt to explain it visually! (Great graphics? Thank you!)

This question arose when I was told that there were positive and negative lobes in an orbital. I wanted to know on what basis this was proposed and hence I searched it on web and found out that it resembled the phases of the wave. But I always thought of orbital as a 2-d racing circuit for the electron, in which the electron would race around while bobbing up and down. Hence I wanted to know whether the p-orbital is the wave itself or is it like a racing circuit?

Here is my attempt to explain it visually! (Great graphics? Thank you!)

Edit: I have just been exposed to the quantum world so I guess I have been spoiled by many analogies