Chemical Bonding And Reactivity

Question 1

What can we find if we know the wave function^2 ?

Answer 1

The wave function squared can give us the probability and an idea of where the particles can be found

Question 2

Which conditions must be met to have acceptable solutions to the schrodinger equation?

Answer 2

• must be continuous and single valued
• have continuous and single valued partial derivatives
• be normalised

Question 3

What is the complex conjugate of an imaginary number i ?

Answer 3

• -i

Question 4

What is the complex conjugate of at real number like 2 ?

Answer 4

• 2

Question 5

Find the complex conjugate of (a +ib )

Answer 5

• (a - ib )

Question 6

Why does normalisation often simplify expressions?

Answer 6

Normalisation helps parts of expressions to equate to one showing them to be removed from expressions.