Electron cloud model video
Schrodingers electron cloud model...
All atoms are made of three subatomic particles: the proton, the neutron, and the electron.
Electron cloud model video
Because the negatively charged electrons are naturally attracted to the positively charged nucleus, which is made of neutrons and protons, they perform an orbiting motion around the nucleus.
Does that sound familiar? It’s really no coincidence that many atomic pictures or chemistry 101 classes depict the components of various atoms like solar systems.
The nucleus of the atom is the sun, and the electrons are the planets performing an orbiting motion around their parent body.
This solar system model of the atom is easy to understand and good enough for illustrating the most basic principles of chemistry.
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However, this model is quite wrong.
In reality, atoms don’t look or behave anything like the solar system. Planets are localized and follow precise orbits around stars governed by the laws of gravity.
In contrast, the motion of electrons is predicated on quantum mechanics