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Module 6: Quantum Mechanics Flashcards

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He extended the wave-particle duality of light that Einstein used to resolve the photoelectric-effect paradox to material particles

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Louis de Broglie

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he predicted that a particle should also exhibit the behavior of a wave

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Louis de Broglie

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3
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Formula for de Broglie wavelength

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λ = h / mV

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4
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Is de Broglie wavelength not a characteristic of particles?

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No

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two scientists that demonstrated experimentally that electrons can exhibit wavelike behavior

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C.J. Davisson and L.H. Germer

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6
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Field of study that includes quantization of energy, wave-particle duality, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to describe matter

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Quantum Mechanics

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This principle states that it is fundamentally impossible to determine simultaneously and exactly both the momentum and the position of a particle

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Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

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Unlike de Broglie who thought of the electron in terms of circular stationary waves, this person properly though in terms of three-dimensional stationary waves

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Schrodinger

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9
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three-dimensional stationary waves that Schrodinger thought of

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Wavefunction (ψ)

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10
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Who proposed the interpretation of wavefunction?

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Max Born

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he said that electrons are still particles and so the waves represented by ψ are not physical waves but are complex probability amplitudes

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Max Born

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12
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the square of this describes the probability of the quantum particle being present near a certain location in space

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Wavefunction (ψ)

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13
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It can be used to determine the distribution of the electron’s density

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Wavefunction (ψ)

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14
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This describe the location or general description of an electron

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Quantum numbers

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15
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A general region in an atom within which an electron is most probable to reside

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Atomic orbital

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16
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The four quantum numbers

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principal
angular momentum
magnetic
spin

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17
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this quantum number specify the shell an electron occupies in an atom

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Principal quantum number (n)

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18
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this quantum number defines the location of the energy level and general size and energy of the orbital

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Principal quantum number (n)

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19
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this quantum number determines the average distance form nucleus

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Principal quantum number (n)

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This quantum number’s values are 1, 2, 3, 4, ..

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Principal quantum number (n)

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21
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As the principal quantum number (n), what happens to the distance from the nucleus and energy?

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Increases

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22
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This quantum number defines the shape of the orbital which is dependent on where you can probably find electrons

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Angular Momentum Quantum Number (l)

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This quantum number is also known as the subshell

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Angular Momentum Quantum Number (l)

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This quantum number’s values are 0, 1, 2, (n-1)

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Angular Momentum Quantum Number (l)

25
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This quantum number describes the orientation of the orbital in space

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Magnetic Quantum Number (ml)

26
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This quantum indicates the region that an electron occupies within a subshell based on the shape of the subshell

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Magnetic Quantum Number (ml)

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This quantum number’s values are 0, +1, -1, +2, -2, (-l to +l)

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Magnetic Quantum Number (ml)

28
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This quantum number describes the orientation of electron spin

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Spin Quantum Number (s)

29
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A completely quantum phenomenon with no analogous in the classic al realm

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Electron spin

30
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Describes an intrinsic electron “rotating” or “spinning”

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Electron Spin

31
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This quantum number states that each electron acts as atiny magnet with an angular momentum, even though this rotation cannot be observed in terms of the spatial coordinates

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Spin Quantum Number (s)

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This quantum number’s values are either +1/2 or -1/2

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Spin Quantum Number (s)

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Value of spin quantum number (s) with a slightly higher energy in an external field than the other

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s = -1/2

34
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Principle that states no two electrons in the same atom can have exactly the same set of all the four quantum number

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Pauli Exclusion Principle

35
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Which orbital have the lowest energy

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Orbitals closest to the nucleus of an atom

36
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lowest to highest energy of subshells

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s < p < d < f

37
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This is the arrangement of electrons in the orbitals of an atom

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Electron Configuration

38
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Three information that an electron configuration have

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Principal quantum number (n)
Orbital type (subshell ,l)
number of electrons in a particular subshell

39
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unpaired electrons that behave like a magnet and attract others

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Paramagnetic

40
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Principle that states that the procedure in which the electron configuration of the elements is determined by “building” them in order of atomic number

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Aufbau Principle

41
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Principle that states that lowest energy level should be filled up first before the higher energy levels

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Aufbau Principle

42
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writing the electron configuration by abbreviation using the noble gas closest to the atom

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Abbreviated Electron Configuration

43
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the electron occupying the inner shell orbitals

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Core Electrons

44
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outer-shell electrons

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Valence Electrons

45
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type of electrons that correspond to noble gases electron configuration

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Core Electrons

46
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type of electrons that heavily contribute to an element’s properties and they are the electrons involved in chemical bonding

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Valence Electrons

47
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pictorial representations of the electron configuration, showing the individual orbitals and the pairing arrangement of electrons

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Orbital diagrams

48
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Electron configuration that is exceptions to the order of filling of orbitals that are indicated by Aufbau principle

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Anomalous Electron Configuration

49
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for this type of electron configuration, half-filled and completely-filled subshells apparently represent conditions of preferred stability

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Anomalous Electron Configuration

50
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electron configuration exceptions because the magnitude of the repulsion between electrons is greater than the differences in energy between subshells

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Anomalous Electron Configuration

51
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meaning of s, p, d and f?

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sharp
principal
diffused
fundamental

52
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formula for number of orbitals in a subshell

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2l + 1

53
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formula for total number of orbital

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n e2 (n squared)

54
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formula for maximum number of electrons

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2n e2 ( 2 n squared)

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