The bases for understanding the structure of the atom are the quantum theory and wave mechanics, which were developed in the early 1900s. The important conclusions of these studies, particularly as they relate to materials, are:
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Carter, C. B., & Norton, M. G. (2013). Background You Need to Know. In Ceramic Materials (pp. 37–52). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3523-5_3
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