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What concept did Louis De Broglie propose?
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that matter could show the properties of a wave (matter waves) that electrons had wavelike properties
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What concept did Werner Heisenberg propose?
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The uncertainty principle- that it is not possible to accurately determine the position and momentum for a particle as small as an electron
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What concept did Erwin Schrodinger propose?
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proposed the schrodinger equation (which involved both the wavelike and particle-like behavior of the electron) and wave functions
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What kind of information does the square of a wave function give?
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Gives info about the electron's location, or probability of finding the electron at a given point in space = probability density
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What is an atomic orbital?
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A region around the nucleus where an electron with a given energy is likely to be found
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