Quantum Mechanical Nature of the Atom (HSC SSCE Physics): Flashcards
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Decade modern quantum mechanics emerged
Decade modern quantum mechanics emerged
1920s
Four physicists who developed modern quantum mechanics
Four physicists who developed modern quantum mechanics
Bohr, de Broglie, Heisenberg, Schrödinger
Revolutionary concept introduced by modern quantum mechanics
Revolutionary concept introduced by modern quantum mechanics
Uncertainty
Type of uncertainty proposed by Heisenberg
Type of uncertainty proposed by Heisenberg
Intrinsic/fundamental uncertainty in nature itself
Characteristic of classical mechanics (certain or probable)
Characteristic of classical mechanics (certain or probable)
Deterministic
Characteristic of quantum mechanics (certain or probable)
Characteristic of quantum mechanics (certain or probable)
Probabilistic
What Schrödinger's equation reveals about electrons
What Schrödinger's equation reveals about electrons
Probability of electron location around nucleus
What electron cloud density represents
What electron cloud density represents
Probability of finding electron at that location
What Schrödinger's cat thought experiment illustrates
What Schrödinger's cat thought experiment illustrates
Quantum superposition
What happens to wave function during observation
What happens to wave function during observation
Wave function collapses