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What is the electron movement thought to be in the quantum mechanical theory?
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The spin quantum number of an electron can be thought of as describing?
direction of electron spin
The quantum mechanical model of the atom?
"The quantum mechanical model of the atom" is a pretty vague phrase, but basically it can be thought of as the set of solutions to the Schroedinger equation HΨ = EΨ . (Yeah, that looks like the world's stupidest equation with solution H = E, but what's important to understand is that H isn't a variable or number, it's an operator. That means we don't get a single E for all Ψ, we get a collection of Es each corresponding to a different function Ψ.)
What does the second quantum number?
It's the azimuthal quantum number. It specifies the angular momentum of the orbital, which can broadly speaking be thought of as its "shape." (The reason I'm putting that in quotation marks is that it's possible for two orbitals with the same azimuthal quantum number to appear rather different in overall shape.)
Do electrons travel in definite circular pathway around the nucleus?
No. Electrons travel at will in Electron clouds, At first we thought they were in definite pathways, but they don't. Though Bohr's model is used so we can know roughly how many electrons are in an energy level.
Which quantum number represents the distance between an electron shell and the nucleus?
Based on Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, there is no way possible to have a quantum number for position since the electron's second quantum number already gives you an exact value for its angular momentum.Bohr calculated the most probable radius of the electron cloud (which he mistakenly thought was an actual distance) getting the number 5.29X10-11 m.What I think the asker is speaking of is the quantum number that refers to energy level, n. Though not a physical distance it may be interpreted, using the Bohr model, how "far" away an electron is from the ground state, which some would believe (incorrectly) that this is a function of distance from the nucleus.
What does the second quantum number describe?
The specific orbital within a
How was Niel bohr model of an atom different from that of Rutherford model of an atom?
According to rutherford an electron jumps from one orbit to other by continueous discharge of energy ( classical thought about energy) while bohr said that electron jumps at once by discharging quanta of energy( quantum view of energy)
What is a quantum of energy as defined by quantum mechanics?
exact, whole number amount of energy needed to move an electron to a higher energy level
Non mechanical or mechanical Frisbee flying through the air?
a frisbee flying thought the air is mechanical
What is the basis for the quantum mechanical model of atom?
"The quantum mechanical model of the atom" is a pretty vague phrase, but basically it can be thought of as the set of solutions to the Schroedinger equation HΨ = EΨ . (Yeah, that looks like the world's stupidest equation with solution H = E, but what's important to understand is that H isn't a variable or number, it's an operator. That means we don't get a single E for all Ψ, we get a collection of Es each corresponding to a different function Ψ.)
What is the basis for quantum mechanical model of the atom?
"The quantum mechanical model of the atom" is a pretty vague phrase, but basically it can be thought of as the set of solutions to the Schroedinger equation HΨ = EΨ . (Yeah, that looks like the world's stupidest equation with solution H = E, but what's important to understand is that H isn't a variable or number, it's an operator. That means we don't get a single E for all Ψ, we get a collection of Es each corresponding to a different function Ψ.)
What is often thought of as a aregion of space in which there is a high probability of finding an electron?
These are sometimes called 'electron clouds'.
