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This takes the basic idea of the Bhor model of the atom where there is a small dense nucleus surrounded by electrons, but the electrons are represented by a probability distribution instead of by discrete points. Thus they are often described as the "electron cloud".
This takes the basic idea of the Bohr model of the atom where there is a small dense nucleus surrounded by electrons, but the electrons are represented by a probability distribution instead of by discrete points. Thus they are often described as the "electron cloud".

This takes the basic idea of the Bohr model of the atom where there is a small dense nucleus surrounded by electrons, but the electrons are represented by a probability distribution instead of by discrete points. Thus they are often described as the "electron cloud".

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