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Quantum Mechanical Model of an Atom

1. The document discusses the development of atomic models from Bohr's model to the quantum mechanical model. 2. Bohr's model described electrons moving in specific orbits around the nucleus like planets around the sun, but it was later discovered electrons cannot be precisely located. 3. Three physicists, de Broglie, Schrodinger, and Heisenberg developed the quantum mechanical model, which describes the probable location of electrons within orbitals rather than definite orbits.

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Quantum Mechanical Model of an Atom

1. The document discusses the development of atomic models from Bohr's model to the quantum mechanical model. 2. Bohr's model described electrons moving in specific orbits around the nucleus like planets around the sun, but it was later discovered electrons cannot be precisely located. 3. Three physicists, de Broglie, Schrodinger, and Heisenberg developed the quantum mechanical model, which describes the probable location of electrons within orbitals rather than definite orbits.

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A blessed day our dear televiewers and subscribers of Teleturuan.

New
episode, new fun learning experience with us.

I am Sir RANDOLF N. CRUZ, a science educator of Padre Gregorio


Crisostomo Integrated School.

Today we will tackle about Quantum Mechanical Model of an Atom

For this, let me present to you our today’s objectives:

At the end of the lesson you are expected to

1. understand the development of atomic models

2. identify the energy levels, sublevels, and atomic orbitals in an atom

3. write the electron configuration of the elements.

And for that let us proceed to our lesson proper.

Bohr’s atomic model describes the atom like a solar system, where he considered electrons as particles
moving around the nucleus in specific circular paths called ORBITS. Much like the planets following its
orbits around the sun. These are found at fixed distances from the nucleus.

Much later, scientists discovered that it is impossible to determine the exact location of electrons in an
atom.

So, Bohr’s idea that electrons are found in definite orbits around the nucleus was rejected.

Three physicists led the development of a better model of the atom. These were Louis de Broglie, Erwin
Schrodinger and Werner Heisenberg.

De Broglie proposed that the electron (which thought of as a particle) could also be taught as a wave.

Schrodinger used this idea of De Broglie (that electrons are wave particles) to develop a mathematical
equation to describe the probable location of an electron around the nucleus.

On the other hand, Heisenberg discovered that for every small particle like the electron, its location
cannot be exactly known. This is called the Uncertainty Principle.

These scientists believed that there is only a probability that electrons can be found in a three-
dimensional space around the nucleus called atomic orbitals.
De Broglie, Schrodinger and Heisenberg arrived with the idea that the quantum mechanical model of the
atom describes the probable location of electrons within the atom using atomic orbitals.

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