Figure \PageIndex5: The process of sp3 hybridization is the mixing of an s orbital with a set of three p orbitals to form a set of four sp3 hybrid orbitals. The four lobes of e...Figure \PageIndex5: The process of sp3 hybridization is the mixing of an s orbital with a set of three p orbitals to form a set of four sp3 hybrid orbitals. The four lobes of each of the sp3 hybrid orbitals then overlap with the normal unhybridized 1s orbitals of each hydrogen atom to form the tetrahedral methane molecule. (CC BY-NC 3.0; Jodi So via CK-12 Foundation)