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Degenerate Orbital
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Degenerate orbitals are orbitals that have the same energy and shape. They occur when two or more atomic orbitals combine to form a molecular orbital. For example, the two 2p atomic orbitals on a carbon atom can combine to form two degenerate p orbitals on the carbon atom in ethene.
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