Which phenomenon explains why electrons exist outside calculated orbitals?

💡 Explanation

Quantum tunneling allows electrons to 'tunnel' through energy barriers, therefore they have a non-zero probability of existing outside their predicted orbital radius, because the wavefunction has a decaying exponential tail, rather than the energy overcoming all barriers.

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