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explain how the path of an electron differs in bohr's model and in the modern model of the atomAsked by spooky
explain how the path of an electron differs in Bohr's model and in the modern model of the atom
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In the modern model (quantum mechanics), the electron does not follow a path. It exists within a "probability cloud", the shape of which depends upon the energy and angular momentumn of the electron. It is impossible to tell where it is at a particular time.
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