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When we examine the world of the very small, we notice that things don’t always agree with our normal experiences. In this chapter, we uncover the world of the atom and explore how electrons behave as both particles and waves. It is these waves that give rise to the strange world of atoms and what probability has to say about them. We’ll explore how electrons exist around an atom, how they travel around that atom, and how they interact with light.
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Mosher, M., Kelter, P. (2023). Quantum Chemistry—The Strange World of Atoms. In: An Introduction to Chemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90267-4_6
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