The fucky thing is, hydrogen atoms are simple. Literally every other atom and molecule is just estimated based off of hydrogen because of how much harder it is to calculate.
Hydrogen Atoms
Submitted 1 month ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
How big would the body need to be for it to have a 99.9% chance for the electrons to be there?
CannonFodder@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Just integrate phi squared over the sphere space, and with that set to .999, solve for r. Use something like Maple if the algebra if you’re a wimp.
rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
it’s a good thing they simplified the equation by defining ρ separately.