Hydrogen!
Detailed App Info:
Application Description
What does an atom look like? Well, it has a nucleus around which its electrons move just like planets around the sun, right? WRONG! :)
In quantum mechanics we lose the classical concept of trajectory: not only we don't know where an electron really is, the electron somehow isn't really anywhere until we "look" at it!
Of course this may sound crazy for anyone who isn't familiar with quantum mechanics. Don't worry though: for any region of space around the nucleus the electrons have a probability of actually being there, so thinking in terms of probability we still have some really important informations about where they actually may be.
For the hydrogen atom we are actually able to make exact calculations about this probability, and that's why it is one of the most important result of quantum mechanics.
Hydrogen! is a tool for displaying the wave functions (orbitals) of the hydrogen atom, which means we may see how this atom actually “looks” like!
FEATURES:
- Look at all the 1496 wave functions of the hydrogen atom up to n = 16
- See the wave function modulus or display their phases as colors
- Separation of variables: display only the radial or the angular functions
- Slices: see any 2D slice of the 3D simulation
- Superposition: mix the stationary states any way you like and explicitly see the result isn't stationary at all
- Dipole transitions: choose a starting orbital, see the transitions permitted by the selections rules and choose one. The corresponding photon emission/absorption will be displayed
In quantum mechanics we lose the classical concept of trajectory: not only we don't know where an electron really is, the electron somehow isn't really anywhere until we "look" at it!
Of course this may sound crazy for anyone who isn't familiar with quantum mechanics. Don't worry though: for any region of space around the nucleus the electrons have a probability of actually being there, so thinking in terms of probability we still have some really important informations about where they actually may be.
For the hydrogen atom we are actually able to make exact calculations about this probability, and that's why it is one of the most important result of quantum mechanics.
Hydrogen! is a tool for displaying the wave functions (orbitals) of the hydrogen atom, which means we may see how this atom actually “looks” like!
FEATURES:
- Look at all the 1496 wave functions of the hydrogen atom up to n = 16
- See the wave function modulus or display their phases as colors
- Separation of variables: display only the radial or the angular functions
- Slices: see any 2D slice of the 3D simulation
- Superposition: mix the stationary states any way you like and explicitly see the result isn't stationary at all
- Dipole transitions: choose a starting orbital, see the transitions permitted by the selections rules and choose one. The corresponding photon emission/absorption will be displayed
Requirements
Your mobile device must have at least 2.17 MB of space to download and install Hydrogen! app. Hydrogen! is available on iTunes for $0.00
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