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Journal of Chemical Education

The two-dimensional particle in a box

Gary L. Breneman

Published Oct 1, 1990• 3 citations
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Abstract

Wave function and probability plots for different states of a particle in a square two-dimensional box.
DOI
10.1021/ed067p866

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