2006-12-10 07:51:56 · 19 answers · asked by marc 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
yes.
2006-12-10 07:52:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As real as you are.
A distinction must be made that electrons are real, but the idea of orbitals (s, p, d, f orbitals) is merely model to show the highest probability of finding an electron in a point in space at a particular time.
2006-12-10 15:58:38 · answer #2 · answered by Stacey L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If "real" means to you that it is something you can touch and feel, than they are not real, as they are too small to see them with naked eye and touch them separately.
But they are real. We all are built up from zillions of atoms where every atom, of any type, made of electrons, protons and neutrons.
2006-12-10 15:56:09 · answer #3 · answered by blapath 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're wave functions descibed by Schroedinger's equation.
2006-12-10 15:54:34 · answer #4 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, there's lots of evidence for electrons!
http://www.russianlabdiamond.com/catalog/body_index.html
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/physics/observing/multiwire-3.html
2006-12-10 15:55:44 · answer #5 · answered by WxEtte 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they are. If you interested in they so much, go to the nearest library and find evidence
2006-12-10 15:56:29 · answer #6 · answered by zvecko 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's as real as you and me man =] but it's just that you can't see it lol
2006-12-10 18:28:16 · answer #7 · answered by huggable 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they're fantastical creatures with wings and 20 feet
2006-12-10 15:54:43 · answer #8 · answered by amberiscool_2008 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well unless the technology that surrounds us is fake... yes!
2006-12-10 15:54:09 · answer #9 · answered by <-tom-> 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...Yes, I would say so. Granted I haven't seen them myself and my knowledge of them is based on books.
2006-12-10 15:53:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We wouldn't be studying them if they weren't,
so they are real.
2006-12-10 15:53:44 · answer #11 · answered by PrettyEyes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋