Anyway I looked around on the Internet for a reliable source on quantum molecules and think I’ve found something taken from Microsoft Encarta, I hope it’s not out of date http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567432_4/atom.html

Because of the electron’s wave-particle duality, physicists cannot define an electron’s exact location in an atom. If the electron were just a particle, measuring its location would be relatively simple. As soon as physicists try to measure its location, however, the electron’s wavelike nature becomes apparent, and they cannot pinpoint an exact location. Instead, physicists calculate the probability that the electron is located in a certain place. Adding up all these probabilities, physicists can produce a picture of the electron that resembles a fuzzy cloud around the nucleus. The densest part of this cloud represents the place where the electron is most likely to be located.

You notice I have written a little article on the basics of quantum theory and if you want to give feedback I will be more than willing to hear it. In fact if you would like to write any articles I would be more than willing to publish them.

“I thought I knew most of that, but the business about quarks was barely familiar. I wish these science writers would stop telling people that electrons go around the nucleus in circles, etc. As I understand it, that’s an old idea and quantum mechanics – the more recent way to understand electrons – describes electrons as inhabiting ‘orbitals’ which are probability volumes calculated by those who know how. It’s all higher, and I mean really higher, mathematics, thus hard for us peons to understand. Now, you know as much as I ever did.”

We didn’t have quantum chemistry in our dept. during his tenure. As with everything, science progresses in leaps and bounds and is almost impossible to stay abreast of unless it involves your own particular discipline.

Thought his comments were interesting and deserved feedback.

-v

Thanks for the question.