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Chapter 10 Modern Atomic Theory and the Periodic Table

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1924 de Broglie all objects have wave propertiesfor small objects such as an electron, <strong>the</strong> waveproperties become significant1926 Schrödinger Schrödinger equationa ma<strong>the</strong>matical model that described electronsas waves<strong>the</strong> probability of finding an electron in a certainregion around <strong>the</strong> atom can be determinedwave mechanics or quantum mechanicsforming <strong>the</strong> basis for our modern underst<strong>and</strong>ingof atomic structurewe cannot locate an electron precisely within anatomelectrons are not revolving around nucleus inorbits as Bohr postulatedorbital a region where a high probability offinding a given electron6

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