Quantum Mechanics

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Quantum Mechanics (QM) also known as Quantum Physics or Quantum Theory, is the science of the very small: the body of scientific principles that explains the behaviour of matter and its interactions with energy on the scale of atoms and subatomic particles.




Quantum Mechanics is a branch of physics concerned with processes involving Atoms and Photons.

 

What is an ATOM?

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Atom is a basic unit of matter that consists of sub-atomic particles such as Nucleus surrounded by negatively charged Electrons around them.

Atoms, Nucleus, Electrons, Protons, Neutrons


The Nucleus is then also composed of few other sub-atomic particles i.e. positively charged Protons and electrically neutral Neutrons glued together by force carriers called Gluons.

There is an exception in the case of Hydrogen-1, which is the only stable nuclide with no neutrons.

Protons & Neutrons are also composed of other sub-atomic fundamental particles called Quarks also held together by Gluons.

Concludion:

   -:- Funamental Particles: Electrons & Quarks
   -:- Funamental Force Carriers: Gluons

 

What is a PROTON?

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Note that in an Atom, about 99.94% of an atom's mass is in the nucleus which is mostly the number of Protons.
So Atoms are the building blocks of Elements of all substances in life. So every elements is defined by the number of Protons in its atoms and hence the birth of a Periodic Table.

NB: The Atomic Number of an element is defined as the number Protons an atom of an element contains.


Periodic Table


Bohr Model:

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The Bohr Model of the atom, with an electron making instantaneous Quantum Leaps from one orbit to another.

Atoms, Nucleus, Electrons, Protons, Neutrons


Hydrongen Wave Function:

 
Hydrogen Density Plots



Hydrogen Wave Function



Quantum Mechanics