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Electrons are easy (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't think so. Orbitals give you the spaces of highest probability! Electrons could be outside as well. And since it is based on probability it is definitely a useful model.

Electronic orbitals are regions within the atom in which electrons have the highest probability of being found.

https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry_Textbook_Maps/Supplemental_Modules_(Physical_and_Theoretical_Chemistry)/Quantum_Mechanics/09._The_Hydrogen_Atom/Atomic_Theory/Electrons_in_Atoms/Electronic_Orbitals

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'll have a look at this later, I remember it being any possible existence of an election, not just highest probabilities, from when I was taught this several weeks ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ah yes. And if two fields are too close, ~~teleportation~~ tunneling can happen.

In the end, reality is just one big probability engine.