Why do Electronic Orbitals Look Like Clouds

Why do text books make electronic orbitals look like clouds? This is why it makes sense.

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[aSCrouton]

My guy is over here making quantum physics intuitive! Great analogy sir!

[reekesh]

Very nice example sir
It is p orbital
Dumble shaped

[cliffvickyt]

This is an EXCELLENT way of explaining electron orbitals. If my chemistry teacher had employed that analogy I might have done better! Hats off to you!!!

[mitchrichardson]

That cloud / crowd analogy was damn instructive. I'll always remember this way to explain it. It's perfect

[bebemichelin]

My chemistry professor used the annoying bug around a light source analogy
The things moves too much to be caught but you can roughly know where it'll hang out

[shakhawathossain]

P orbital.

You explain so well sir. I sense that you feel the topics rather than memorize.

[kartiknv]

Explanation was on point, with great analogy.
They didn't clear such doubts when I was in school.
Keep it up buddy.

[ritokazoriv]

Even though I studied chemistry, this has been the most intuitive explanation of electron orbitals I’ve ever seen

[lymanmj]

Dude: excellent video. Unsolicited advice: if you wash up and do something - anything with your hair, your countenance will be less distracting.

[DZSTEVE]

That is why science is superior to other subjects because we have such teachers and professors.😎😊
Love from India sir 😊

[davidgillies]

That's a 2p0 orbital (nlm = 2, 1, 0). Anyone who's done a first year QM course will have studied Legendre polynomials and spherical harmonics. It's very beautiful that 18th C. maths should find an expression in 20th C. physics. The group of symmetries is Spin(3), hence fermions.

[mynamesgus]

Your way of explaining orbitals with crowd was so good. Please keep up these videos! Also i think its the p orbital but i dont know orientation

[jargontrueseer]

This is the most genius demonstration of orbitals I've ever seen

[energyeve]

You are God sent. Thanks for sharing these difficult concepts in a way everyone can understand. Keep
Shining brother ☀️

[-aqua-marine-]

We use schrodinger's wave equation and heinsberg uncertainity principle and equation to predict electrons

[Shahzaad_Ahmed_Sabeeh]

Thank you very much sir....😊
I appreciate it....❤

[michaelwinter]

I have taught high school chemistry and I love your videos because it makes this stuff relatable

[Dany]

It's a nice analogy. However, if we consider the most commun interpretation of quantum mechanics, the electron occupies many different positions at the same time. The occupied positions are represented by the orbital cloud.

It is only when the position of an electron is measured that it will occupy a specific position. The "denser" the cloud it, the most probable it is to find the electron there.

When not measured and in a «stable» state (in an orbital), the electron cannot really occupy a specific location. Otherwise it would mean it is moving and it would then cause electromagnetic waves to be emmited constantly.

The photo with all the people on it is the state of the electron. When measured, the photo changes and becomes the one with the person at a specific location.

[lgnthefuture]

I am so happy to finally visualize an atom

[robertallison]

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