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Quantum behavior of small atoms and molecules in a material
It is definitely not true that molecules behave in accordance with classical physics at room temperature.
I will give the most traditional example, which can be found in Chapter 40 of the Feynman ...
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How do two atomic orbitals make two molecular orbitals?
Lets consider Water Waves
In-Phase Combination (Bonding MO):
Imagine you have two pebbles, and you drop them into a still pond at the same time, close to each other.
As the ripples (waves) from each ...
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How do two atomic orbitals make two molecular orbitals?
How do two atomic orbitals make two molecular orbitals?
Context : I don't know quantum mechanics.
Uh oh...
I don't even understand what phases of an orbital actually mean physically.
Double uh oh.....
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How does an atom change in the presence of a large gravitational force?
I think the answer is "nothing". An atom in a strong gravitational field is going to do one thing: fall. As in free-fall, aka "zero gee". Hence: nothing.
Spaghettification occurs ...
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How does an atom change in the presence of a large gravitational force?
The time-independent Schrodinger equation which describes the energy levels of a atom is solved by asuming that coordinate and proper length are the same.But under strong gravitational effects that is ...
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