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Electron cloud
Electron cloud is a term used for introducing the concept of wavefunction in low-level pedagogical introductions tomolecular physics, chemistry or quantum chemistry. This idea corresponds to delocated electrons moving or standing like clouds around the atomic or molecular [ This is indeed a better image than the very common image provided by the Bohr model] which commonly leads to a visualisation of electrons travelling around the nuclei along [[orbits like the planets around the sun.
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