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Solid State Electronic Devices, 7th Edition
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Solid State Electronic Devices, 7th Edition

by Ben Streetman, Sanjay Banerjee
March 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
624 pages
26h 33m
English
Pearson
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2.5 Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table

The Schrödinger equation describes accurately the interactions of particles with potential fields, such as electrons within atoms. Indeed, the modern understanding of atomic theory (the modern atomic models) comes from the wave equation and from Heisenberg’s matrix mechanics. It should be pointed out, however, that the problem of solving the Schrödinger equation directly for complicated atoms is extremely difficult. In fact, only the hydrogen atom is generally solved directly; atoms of atomic number greater than one are usually handled by techniques involving approximations. Many atoms such as the alkali metals (Li, Na, etc.), which have a neutral core with a single electron in an outer orbit, can ...

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