Science notes - How does the electron in a 2p orbital get from one lobe to the other?
Issue 346 | Page 19 | Published Sep 2012
Description
In the Bohr theory of the atom, electrons are pictured as particles moving in fixed paths, or orbits, around the nucleus rather like planets revolving around the Sun. This is often termed the classical model.
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