Achilles Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Electrons have specific places where they can be in an atom. If so how does that fit in with probability density function? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 They have specific energy levels, not places. The probability density function describes the probability of finding an electron, with a given energy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 Is it high probability in Bohr energy levels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 12 hours ago, Achilles said: Electrons have specific places where they can be in an atom. If so how does that fit in with probability density function? They can be almost anywhere. There are places they are unlikely to be, and places they are likely to be (places often meaning "some distance r from the nucleus"), which is described by the probability density function. The Bohr model limits them to having circular orbits, which is wrong. Although the hydrogen atom Bohr radius is the most probably distance from the nucleus to find an electron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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