Schrodingers Electron Cloud Model Mason Tea Cassie Strauch

Schrodinger’s Electron Cloud Model Mason Tea, Cassie Strauch, Meaghan Ohler, Karissa Mc. Ginnis

The Scientist Erwin Schrödinger was born August 12, 1887, in Vienna, Austria, and went on to become a noted theoretical physicist and scholar who came up with a groundbreaking equation for electron movements, the electron cloud model. He was awarded the 1933 Nobel Prize in physics and later became a director at Ireland's Institute for Advanced Studies.

The Theory ● Schrodinger used mathematical equations to describe the likelihood of finding an electron in a certain position in an atom. ● The proof of this theory was a big step in the research of quantum mechanics and quantum theory. ● The electrons are found in the electron cloud, or the orbital, which is the area surrounding an atom ● The equations that Schrödinger found determine the position of any given electron in the orbital.

The Model ● The quantum mechanical model is based on quantum theory, which says matter also has properties associated with waves. ● According to quantum theory, it’s impossible to know the exact position and momentum of an electron at the same time. This is known as the Uncertainty Principle. ● Electrons are more likely to be found in dense areas of the orbital than the less dense because of the opposite charges of the electrons and other particles in the atom, primarily the nucleus.

The Model Electron Cloud (Orbital)

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