Question

I need a picture of the wave mechanical model of the atom, so I can draw it for a presentation. Can anyone give me a picture of this?

Answer 1

Depending on what atom it is, you'll have more orbitals. It starts out with s-orbitals and then it gets these dumbell shaped p-orbitals. Then d and f orbitals, but don't worry so much about those.

http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/ @api/deki/files/8855/Single_electron_orbitals.jpg

IMPORTANT:

These are three dimensional shapes. The "blue" colored one at the top is a sphere but it is not the atom itself. It is a surface that represents the highest probability of finding an electron around the nucleus in the center.

the "yellow" colored orbitals are the p-orbitals and are simply higher in energy than the s-orbitals and differently shaped, but they're basically two balls with the nucleus in the middle.

Answer 2

If you are thinking of the original Bohr atomic model, the picture was a circle around the nucleus, with a sine wave wrapped around the circle so that its tail met its beginning.