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My question concerns the orbitals in the atom (s,p,d, and f.) I know that each orbital shell is a probability density that has a quantized energy. My question is, do the orbitals touch, or rather do higher orbitals like say a d have a probability density that overlaps a p or s orbital in a lower shell. Considering that the orbitals are quantized I am assuming that they do not overlap because any overlap would mean that the electrons have the same energy and because they are quantized this can't happen...but I am not sure...thanks in advance for your responses.