The Standard "Picture" of the Hydrogen Atom as a Tiny

question 37

Multiple Choice

The standard "picture" of the hydrogen atom as a tiny proton with an electron moving in an ellipse around it is extremely oversimplified. The main thing wrong with this picture is

• A) the electron should be pictured as a spread- out matter field.
• B) actually there are several electrons going around in the hydrogen atom
• C) the electron is actually much larger than the proton.
• D) the path is actually much more complicated than the elliptical path pictured.
• E) Actually this picture is not oversimplified.

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