![]() ![]() These next few units will explore the various models that we need to understand as a basis to all of chemistry. The failure of a particular model is a good thing as it allows us to then develop new and better models and to know the conditions under which the old model may still be used. This is all part of the scientific process, where we take our current models (understanding of reality) and metaphorically speaking, throw rocks at them trying to see if we can knock them down. If this report holds up under scrutiny, then Quantum Mechanics as we know it will need to be replaced with a new theory which allows for this to happen. In a recent issue of New Scientist, a report was published of an experiment which successfully split an electron into two smaller particles. ![]() All of Quantum mechanics is based on this premise. The most fundamental of these sub atomic particles, that we are interested in, is the electron. The earliest ones are now referred to as Classical Quantum Mechanics as opposed to more recent theories like Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. There are now several kinds of quantum mechanics theories. Over the first half of this century, the theory now referred to as Quantum Mechanics, a.k.a., quantum chemistry, was developed. Atoms are made of small (sub atomic) particles that do not obey Newtonian physics. We are generally familiar with macroscopic physics concepts as described by Newton.Īt the atomic level, Newtonian physics doesn’t work. It can deal with such things as inertia, gravity, collisions between large objects, etc. ![]() Newtonian physics deals with macroscopic (bigger than microscopic) objects and their interactions. ![]()
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