Electron Density Introduction

What we learned:

• Electrons are not always treated as individual particles, they are treated as clouds
  • This is due to the speed and frequency at which they move around the atoms they’re associated with
  • The analogy we used to explain this was pointing a laser at a wall. When moving the laser slowly across the wall, the dot never disappears. However, when the laser moves quickly, the dot appears to be a line. This is the same way electron clouds are created from electron particles
• Electron density is the relative concentration of electron clouds around an atom
• Electron density can be pulled to and from an atom due to differences in electronegativity
  • Electron density will move towards highly electronegative atoms