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Structure and dynamics

Structure and dynamics

Modelling electron orbits

15 Dec 1997

Visualizing how electrons orbit an nucleus can be a difficult concept for students to grasp. James Tomasello has invented a new machine to help them understand the behaviour of electrons.

In 1911 Niels Bohr used quantum theory to explain how negatively charged electrons could remain in c

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