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To: BMCDA
Thanks. Good site:

Looking at the meaning of this equation, it says that electrons are allowed only orbits of certain (quantized) radii, where n = 1, 2, 3...

This confirms the impression I got from Cramer's article. (I must admit, I skimmed over the equation.)

10 posted on 02/19/2004 6:04:04 PM PST by PatrickHenry (The universe is made for life, therefore ID. Life can't arise naturally, therefore ID.)
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To: PatrickHenry
Actually the Bohr model is an oversimplification. However, you can envision these "orbits" as probability zones. In the case of the Hydrogen atom you get a spherical shell.
But you only have spherical shells if the orbital (l) and angular momentum (m) quantum numbers are zero, for other values of l and m you get pretty weird orbitals like lobes or rings (click for nice pics).
12 posted on 02/19/2004 7:08:21 PM PST by BMCDA
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