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The Electron—Quantum Mechanics. Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom. Treats electrons as waves De Broglie: proposed that electrons could have wave characteristics Wave particle duality of nature
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Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom • Treats electrons as waves • De Broglie: proposed that electrons could have wave characteristics • Wave particle duality of nature • Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle: impossible to know precisely both the velocity and the position at the same time • Schrodinger: treated the electron as a wave