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While just starting chemistry, I have a little pit of particle physics knowledge. I was introduced with the wave-mechanical model of an atom and was slightly confused, because from particle physics, I know an electron is a fundamental particle. How does this reconcile with the idea of electrons as "standing waves"? Or is the standing wave idea something that explains how electrons never really have a definite location? I have had zero years of calculus so please keep calculus equations and jargon to a minimum.

While just starting chemistry, I have a little pit of particle physics knowledge. I was introduced with the wave-mechanical model of an atom and was slightly confused, because from particle physics, I know an electron is a fundamental particle.

How does this reconcile with the idea of electrons as "standing waves"? Or is the standing wave idea something that explains how electrons never really have a definite location? I have had zero years of calculus so please keep calculus equations and jargon to a minimum.

While just starting chemistry, I have a little pit of particle physics knowledge. I was introduced with the wave-mechanical model of an atom and was slightly confused, because from particle physics, I know an electron is a fundamental particle. How does this reconcile with the idea of electrons as "standing waves"? Or is the standing wave idea something that explains how electrons never really have a definite location? I have had zero years of calculus so please keep calculus equations and jargon to a minimum.

While just starting chemistry, I have a little pit of particle physics knowledge. I was introduced with the wave-mechanical model of an atom and was slightly confused, because from particle physics, I know an electron is a fundamental particle.

How does this reconcile with the idea of electrons as "standing waves"? Or is the standing wave idea something that explains how electrons never really have a definite location? I have had zero years of calculus so please keep calculus equations and jargon to a minimum.

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How does the Wave-Mechanical model reconcile with the particle definition of an electron?

While just starting chemistry, I have a little pit of particle physics knowledge. I was introduced with the wave-mechanical model of an atom and was slightly confused, because from particle physics, I know an electron is a fundamental particle. How does this reconcile with the idea of electrons as "standing waves"? Or is the standing wave idea something that explains how electrons never really have a definite location? I have had zero years of calculus so please keep calculus equations and jargon to a minimum.