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Re: a question from an AP Chem student...



At 10:02 10/7/98 -0400, you wrote:

... I think this is a great question, but
cannot be answered in the Bohr model framework. Unless one understands
the inherent probabilistic nature of QM it is very difficult to give an
answer that is going to be satisfying.

Mike Monce

I don't quite know why the image should have come to mind - but I have the
water drop falling on a water surface: the drop may be mirrored ( or
ejected upwards) or it may be absorbed... a mysterious sampling of the
resonance whose dynamic mass will or will not support the added drop.

(When all else fails....the metaphor!)


brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK