Orbital hybridisation
MIXING (SUPERPOSITION) OF ATOMIC ORBITALS IN CHEMISTRY
Hybridized orbital; Hybridised orbital; Hybrid orbital; Hybrid atomic orbital; Sp² bond; Sp2 bond; Orbital hybridization; Sp hybridized; Sp hybrid orbital; Sp3 carbon; Hybridization (chemistry); Sp2 hybridization; Hybridization theory; Sp³ bond; Sp3 bond; Sp hybridization; Sp hybridizations; Hybrid orbitals; Sp3 hybridization; Sp orbitals; Atomic hybridization
In chemistry, orbital hybridisation (or hybridization) is the concept of mixing atomic orbitals to form new hybrid orbitals (with different energies, shapes, etc., than the component atomic orbitals) suitable for the pairing of electrons to form chemical bonds in valence bond theory.