Program for painting electron orbitals

In summary, the person is looking for a free program to draw orbital with nice graphics. They found a program called Orbitron, but it has copyright. Another option is to use Mathematica to draw electron orbits for the H atom, with a provided attached file that allows for customization of the orbits.
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Kruger
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Ok, what I need is the following:

- program that can draw orbital
- it must be free (not to buy) (no copy right, ...)

I didn't find one that is free and has a nice graphic.
 
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thanks. but this has copyright.
 
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Kruger said:
Ok, what I need is the following:

- program that can draw orbital
- it must be free (not to buy) (no copy right, ...)

I didn't find one that is free and has a nice graphic.


I you only want the electron orbits of H atom,you can use mathematica to draw.
The attached file is the mathematica notebook I write.You can change the parameters to draw any orbit you want.
 

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thanks wenty
 

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A program for painting electron orbitals is a computer software that allows scientists to visualize and manipulate the shapes of electron orbitals in an atom. It uses mathematical equations and data to generate 3D images of the orbitals, helping scientists to better understand the behavior of electrons in atoms.

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