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Who described the electron as waves that move in orbit?​

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Answer:

Schrodinger

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Schrodinger, electrons confined in their orbits would set up standing waves and you could describe only the probability of where an electron could be. The distributions of these probabilities formed regions of space about the nucleus were called orbitals.

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Answer:

Schrödinger

Step-by-step explanation:

In the 1920s, Erwin Schrödinger proposed that electrons travel in waves, which means their exact positions cannot be determined