How can an electron have a node?

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How can an electron have a node?

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Answer 1 · 2017-08-22T04:15:36

Well, an electron has wave-like properties.......

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And a node is a point on a wave-function of MINIMUM displacement.

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The nodes on the given wave-function (a sine wave), $ψ$ $psi$ , are at $0^{\circ}$ $0^@$ , $180^{\circ}$ $180^@$ , and $360^{\circ}$ $360^@$ etc. The physical significance of the wave-function of an electron is that its square, $ψ^{2} = the probability of finding the particle$ $psi^2="the probability of finding the particle"$ . (You will have to read your text for the Born approximation! And that's Max Born not Jason Bourne).

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