Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781118516461
Author: Neil D. Jespersen, Alison Hyslop
Publisher: WILEY
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Chapter 7, Problem 7PE
Calculate the energy of an electron in its lowest energy state trapped on a one-dimensional wire with a length of 1 nm. Repeat the calculation using a length of 2 nm. (Hint: What is the value of n for a ground state?)
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Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter
Ch. 7 - Practice Exercise 7.1
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Ch. 7 - Without looking at the tables in the text, how...Ch. 7 - Prob. 12PECh. 7 - Practice Exercise 7.13
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Give an example of a...Ch. 7 - Prob. 22PECh. 7 - Prob. 23PECh. 7 - Practice Exercise 7.24
Use the periodic table to...Ch. 7 - Use the periodic table to select the atom with the...Ch. 7 - Prob. 26PECh. 7 - In general terms, why do we call light...Ch. 7 - In general, what does the term frequency imply?...Ch. 7 - What is meant by the term wavelength of light?...Ch. 7 - 7.4 Sketch a picture of a wave and label its...Ch. 7 - Which property of light waves is a measure of the...Ch. 7 - Arrange the following regions of the...Ch. 7 - 7.7 What wavelength range is covered by the...Ch. 7 - Arrange the following colors of visible light in...Ch. 7 - What is the equation that relates the wavelength...Ch. 7 - How is the frequency of a particular type of...Ch. 7 - 7.11 What is a photon?
Ch. 7 - Show that the energy of a photon is given by the...Ch. 7 - Examine each of the following pairs and state...Ch. 7 - What is a quantum of energy?Ch. 7 - Prob. 15RQCh. 7 - Prob. 16RQCh. 7 - Describe Niels Bohrs model of the structure of the...Ch. 7 - Prob. 18RQCh. 7 - Why does the equation for the energy of an...Ch. 7 - In what way was Bohrs theory a success? How...Ch. 7 - 7.21 How does the behavior of very small particles...Ch. 7 - Describe the phenomenon called diffraction. How...Ch. 7 - What experiment could you perform to determine...Ch. 7 - 7.24 What is wave/particle duality?
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7.100 What values of are possible for a shell with...Ch. 7 - In a particular shell, the largest value of l is...Ch. 7 - What is the value of n for a shell if the largest...Ch. 7 - What are the possible values of ml for a subshell...Ch. 7 - If the value of l for an electron in an atom is 5,...Ch. 7 - If the value of ml for an electron in an atom is...Ch. 7 - How many orbitals are there in an h subshell...Ch. 7 - 7.107 Give the complete set of quantum numbers for...Ch. 7 - 7.108 Give the complete set of quantum numbers for...Ch. 7 - *7.109 In an antimony atom, how many electrons...Ch. 7 - Prob. 110RQCh. 7 - Give the electron configurations of...Ch. 7 - 7.112 Write the electron configurations of (a) As,...Ch. 7 - 7.113 Which of the following atoms in their ground...Ch. 7 - Which of the following atoms in their ground...Ch. 7 - Prob. 115RQCh. 7 - Prob. 116RQCh. 7 - Write the abbreviated electron configurations for...Ch. 7 - Write the abbreviated electron configurations for...Ch. 7 - Draw complete orbital diagrams for (a) Mg and (b)...Ch. 7 - 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Choose the atom with the more exothermic electron...Ch. 7 - 7.141 Use the periodic table to select the element...Ch. 7 - Use the periodic table to select the element in...Ch. 7 - The human ear is sensitive to sound ranging from...Ch. 7 - *7.144 Microwaves are used to heat food in...Ch. 7 - In the spectrum of hydrogen, there is a line with...Ch. 7 - *7.146 Calculate the wavelength in nanometers of...Ch. 7 - Which of the following electronic transitions...Ch. 7 - Calculate the wavelength of an electron moving at...Ch. 7 - 7.149 What, if anything, is wrong with the...Ch. 7 - 7.150 Suppose students gave the following orbital...Ch. 7 - 7.151 How many electrons are in p orbitals in an...Ch. 7 - What are the quantum numbers of the electrons that...Ch. 7 - 7.153 The removal of an electron from the hydrogen...Ch. 7 - Use orbital diagrams to illustrate what happens...Ch. 7 - *7.155 From the data available in this chapter,...Ch. 7 - 7.156 For an oxygen atom, which requires more...Ch. 7 - Write out the orbital diagram of N in the ground...Ch. 7 - 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