Radial Solutions to the Schrödinger Equation (7.2.2)

Question 1

What do the solutions to Schrödinger’s equation provide?

Answer 1

• The solutions to Schrödinger’s equation provide descriptions of the energy and probable location of the electron in spherical coordinates.

Question 2

What does the square of the wave function predict?

Answer 2

• The square of the wave function predicts the probability of finding an electron at a given distance from the nucleus and describes distances where that probability is zero.