Section 3
Quantum Mechanical Description of the Atomic Orbital
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Description of the Hydrogen Atom
A hydrogen atom is electrically neutral, containing a single proton and a single electron bound to the nucleus by the Coulomb force.
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Indeterminacy and Probability Distribution Maps
Quantum indeterminacy refers to the necessary incompleteness in the description of a physical system.
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Quantum Numbers
Quantum numbers provide a numerical description of the orbitals in which electrons reside.
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The Pauli Exclusion Principle
The Pauli exclusion principle states that no two fermions can have identical wavefunctions.
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Particle in a Box
The particle in a box model provides one of the very few problems in quantum mechanics which can be solved analytically.
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Wave Equation for the Hydrogen Atom
The hydrogen atom is the simplest one-electron atom and has analytical solutions to the Schrödinger equation.