Assumption made in the model

Can these assumptions be overlooked

Disadvantage of the assumptions
Where does the model fail?
Guiding question as in how to arrive to the model

The Schrodinger model assumes that the electron is a wave and tries to describe the
regions in space, or orbitals, where electrons are most likely to be found. Instead of
trying to tell us where the electron is at any time, the Schrodinger model describes
the probability that an electron can be found in a given region of space at a given
time. This model no longer tells us where the electron is; it only tells us where it
might be.
He showed, through math, that waves can be used to describe electrons in atoms.

Unlike the Bohr model, the quantum mechanical model does not define the exact
path of an electron, but rather, predicts the odds of the location of the electron.
This model can be portrayed as a nucleus surrounded by an electron cloud.
Where the cloud is most dense, the probability of finding the electron is greatest,
and conversely, the electron is less likely to be in a less dense area of the cloud.
Thus, this model introduced the concept of sub-energy levels.

He also built off of Bohr's model of the atom with the Electron Cloud Model. This
model depicts the floating motion of the electrons, rather then them having a set
path of travel. He determined the probability location of electrons in atoms. He said
that you could describe only the probability of where an electron could be, it was
not definite. The distributions of these probabilities formed areas of space about the
nucleus were called orbitals. An orbital is a wave function describing the state of a
single electron in an atom.

The quantum mechanical model does not define the exact path of an electron, but
rather, predicts the odds of the location of the electron.

In the 1920s, Erwin Schrödinger proposed that electrons travel in waves, which
means their exact positions cannot be determined. He developed an equation to
calculate the chances of an electron being in any given place. Using his equation, he
identified regions around the nucleus, called orbitals, where electrons are most
likely to be.

Give the movement of fan as an example and say that when it moves slowly you can
see its blades at any instance but when it moves very fast we cannot determine its
position at any instance. In some ways, rapidly moving fan blades are similar to
electrons moving about the nucleus of an atom. Like fan blades, electrons move very
quickly and we can never tell exactly where they are. If that’s the case, how can we
represent electrons in models of the atom
Schrodinger said that electrons travel in waves and hence we cannot determine its
exact location but we can determine where it is most likely to be challenging Bohr’s
model.
Schrödinger developed an equation that could be used to calculate the chances of an
electron being in any given place around the nucleus. Based on his calculations, he
identified regions around the nucleus where electrons are most likely to be. He
called these regions orbitals. It consisted of a dense nucleus surrounded by a cloud
of electrons at various level of orbitals

This model can be portrayed as a nucleus surrounded by an electron

cloud. Where the cloud is most dense, the probability of finding the
electron is greatest, and conversely, the electron is less likely to be in
a less dense area of the cloud. Thus, this model introduced the concept
of sub-energy levels.

Talk about wave particle duality.

To understand Schrödinger’s model we need to know what a wave is

a wave is a disturbance of a field in which a physical attribute oscillates repeatedly at each
point or propagates from each point to neighboring points, or seems to move through space.

 The quantum model represents the true 3D space an atom exists in, the Bohr
model only represents a 2D space.
 The Bohr model was a 1D model that used one quantum number to describe the
distribution of electrons in the atom. The only information that was important
was the size of the orbit, which was described by “n” the principle quantum
number.
 The Bohr Model treats the electron as a particle in fixed orbits around the
nucleus. The Quantum Mechanical Model treats the electron mathematically as
a wave. The electron (like all elementary quantum particles) has properties of
both particles and waves.
Electrons swarm around the nucleus and at best scientists can determine the likelihood
of where the electrons could be. Erratic electron behavior can best be determined by
the electron cloud model. Area around the nucleus where the electrons are most likely
to be found.

Chances of finding an electron decrease as we go further away from the nucleus.

The disadvantage is that it is difficult to imagine a physical model of electrons as

waves.
The Bohr model was a one-dimensional model that used one quantum number to
describe the distribution of electrons in the atom. The only information that was
important was the size of the orbit, which was described by the n quantum number.
Schrödinger's model allowed the electron to occupy three-dimensional space. It
therefore required three coordinates, or three quantum numbers, to describe the
orbitals in which electrons can be found.

The three coordinates that come from Schrödinger's wave equations are the principal
(n), angular (l), and magnetic (m) quantum numbers. These quantum numbers
describe the size, shape, and orientation in space of the orbitals on an atom.

Story of quantum atomic model

“While Louis de Broglie was serving France in the Eiffel Tower, an Austrian physicist
named Erwin Schrödinger was serving on the other side as an artillery officer on the
Italian front. These two war-time enemies were destined to become close friends and
allies in creating the new physics known as quantum mechanics. After the war
Schrödinger wound up at Zürich, where Einstein had developed his theory of
relativity. In 1927 he took over the Max Planck chair at the University of Berlin,
where he remained until Hitler came to power.[1] Schrödinger learned of de Broglie’s
work by reading a footnote in a paper by Einstein and even before the experimental
confirmation, he realized its significance. One day while Schrödinger was giving a
seminar a student asked him why there was no equation to show how de Broglie’s
waves change with time, as there was for EM waves. Schrödinger got to work and in
two weeks found his now famous equation, which he published in 1926.

According to the theory it is impossible to find the position and the momentum of an
electron. This is known as the uncertainty principle.