Specifically, it's always the z that forms the sigma orbital, and the reason is at least at a minimum for this class we always define the internuclear axis as the z axis, so this is always the z axis, so it's always going to be the 2 p z's that are coming together head-on.

特别的，z总是形成sigma轨道，这是因为至少在这个课里面,我们总是定义核间轴为z轴，所以这总是z轴，所以2pz轨道总是,朝一个方向出现。

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