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Multiple Choice
In atomic theory, who is most commonly credited with developing the quantum mechanical (electron cloud) model of the atom?
A
Erwin Schrödinger
B
John Dalton
C
Niels Bohr
D
J. J. Thomson
Verified step by step guidance
1
Understand that the question is about the development of atomic models in the history of atomic theory.
Recall that John Dalton proposed the solid sphere model, which was an early atomic theory without subatomic structure.
Remember that J. J. Thomson discovered the electron and proposed the plum pudding model, where electrons were embedded in a positive sphere.
Know that Niels Bohr developed the Bohr model, which introduced quantized electron orbits around the nucleus.
Recognize that Erwin Schr\"odinger developed the quantum mechanical model, which describes electrons as a cloud of probability rather than fixed orbits, known as the electron cloud model.