Erwin+Schrodinger

ABOUT ERWIN SCHRODINGER: Erwin Schrodinger was born of August 12, 1887 in Vienna. He was a student at the University of Vienna from 1906 to 1910. In 1920, he married Annemarie Bertel. Erwin moved to Berlin to become Planck's successor in 1927. Schrodinger is most known for being one of the most important contributors to quantum mechanics. In 1933, Schrodinger received a Nobel Prize in Physics for the Schrodinger equation. He also came up with the Schrodinger's cat thought experiment in 1935. Erwin Schrodinger passed away on January 4th, 1961.

THE HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle can be broken down and explained in a simpler fashion. Plainly put, Heisenberg discovered that the velocity and position of an electron cannot be known at the exact same time. The reason to this is because by the time light bounces off the electron and comes back to the eye to be seen, the electron has moved. This principle led Schrodinger to his greatest contribution to chemistry. After the release of Heisenberg's suggestions, the old philosophy of the placement of atoms was questioned on it's accuracy. From the newly released findings, Schrodinger began research on a new and more accurate model of the atom.

SCHRODINGER'S ATOMIC MODEL:

Schrodinger's largest contribution to the atomic model was the arrangement of electrons around the nucleus of the atom. Schrodinger hypothesized that instead of being particles placed in particular areas, that electrons behaved like waves of energy. Erwin suggested that the placement of any given electron could not easily be accurately calculated. Instead, he suggested that electrons were not based on specific orbitals, but rather are based on probabilities. The Schrodinger Model suggest that electrons are viewed as continuous clouds.

POSITIVES: 1) Schrodinger's model is modern and accurate. 2) The model contains all to date discovered components of the atom.

NEGATIVES: 1) The model is more complicated and sometimes harder to explain or understand than previous versions of the model.

BY: KATELYN NEWTON