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Physical significance of sie and sie^2

Physical significance of sie and sie^2 

The wave function sie has no physical significance,  it simply represents amplitude of wave

 while square of amplitude sie^2 represent intensity of electron. 

i. e sie ^2 gives probability of finding the electron in space .p the space is called atomic orbital 

A zero value of sie^2 means probability of finding the electron is zero and high value of sie^2 means greater chances of finding the electron . 

the value of sie^2 lies between 0&1.

if sie^2 =1   100℅ 

sie^2=0    0℅

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