scopeMODEL.QUANTUM
Year1924–1926
ScientistDe Broglie · Schrödinger
ClassificationModern Model
Atomic Model·1924–1926
Quantum Model
Wave Mechanics
1924–1926
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Nobel
1929 · 1933
Year1924–1926
ScientistDe Broglie · Schrödinger
NobelDe Broglie 1929 · Schrödinger 1933
ClassificationModern Model
Quantum Model
Problem solved
Bohr only worked for hydrogen…
The model
De Broglie: electrons as standing waves…
How it was discovered
Schrödinger's wave equation…
Practical application
Probability clouds, orbitals s/p/d/f…
Limitation
Exact solution only for hydrogen…
Related: Heisenberg uncertainty principle
The principle: Δx · Δp ≥ ℏ/2…
Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976)…
The principle explains why we speak of an "electron cloud"…
Related: Modern QED
QED — developed by Feynman, Schwinger and Tomonaga…
Quantum numbers: each electron is described by 4 quantum numbers…
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