We have added a successful interpretation of Templeton-Templeton x-ray scattering to our earlier success with magnetic scattering by magnetically ordered V_2O_3. Expressed in terms of trigonal axes, that include a_h, and c_h, a vanadium ion in magnetically ordered V_2O_3 bears an imprint of the three-fold rotation symmetry associated with the high-symmetry (corundum) structure adopted above the Neel temperature. In addition, the resonant x-ray Bragg diffraction data we have interpreted is consistent with an orbital magnetic moment confined to the plane a_m ― c_m, which is normal to a_h = b_m, and inclined with respect to c_h by an angle Φ～70°. However, resonant x-ray diffraction experiments are not suitable for the determination of the magnitude of the orbital moment. (The moment can be measured by diffraction of x-rays with an energy well above the resonance region or neutron diffraction.) The successful outcome of our interpretation has been exploited to characterize orbital properties of a vanadium ion. To this end, we have used a model wavefunction created from the V ion ground state determined by Hund's rules. Coefficients in the model are determined by fitting to material properties that enter our interpretation of experimental date. One use of our inferred model wavefunction is to estimate orbital moments. The moments characterize the 3d valence shell and the ordering of orbitals in the magnetic unit cell.
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