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The Quantum Mechanical Model

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The quantum mechanical model describes an electron with a wavefunction, whose square gives the probability of finding it at a location.

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Squaring hydrogen's ground-state wavefunction produces a probability cloud densest near the nucleus, thinning outward, rather than one fixed path.

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A wavefunction gives probability, not certainty — it never predicts exactly where one electron will be found.