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← ScienceWhich outcome follows when modeling electron behavior using approximate wave functions?
A)Energy level degeneracy is artificially lifted.✓
B)Precise orbital shapes remain definitively known.
C)Electron spin becomes entirely irrelevant.
D)Heisenberg uncertainty violations routinely occur.
💡 Explanation
Using less rigorously solved wave functions means approximations introduce errors; the *perturbation theory* causes initially degenerate energy levels to split, because imperfect solutions treat states unequally. Therefore, degeneracy lifts rather than shapes precisely retaining or spin becoming irrelevant.
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