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How do scientists predict the location of electrons in the modern model of the atom

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Scientists predict the location of electrons in the modern model of the atom by using the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.

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They utilize a combination of Schrondingers rule (look up his cat theory if you have free time) in addition to the Pauli’s exclusion rule and Hund’s rule
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