Module 6: Quantum Mechanics Flashcards
He extended the wave-particle duality of light that Einstein used to resolve the photoelectric-effect paradox to material particles
Louis de Broglie
he predicted that a particle should also exhibit the behavior of a wave
Louis de Broglie
Formula for de Broglie wavelength
λ = h / mV
Is de Broglie wavelength not a characteristic of particles?
No
two scientists that demonstrated experimentally that electrons can exhibit wavelike behavior
C.J. Davisson and L.H. Germer
Field of study that includes quantization of energy, wave-particle duality, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle to describe matter
Quantum Mechanics
This principle states that it is fundamentally impossible to determine simultaneously and exactly both the momentum and the position of a particle
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
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
Schrodinger
three-dimensional stationary waves that Schrodinger thought of
Wavefunction (ψ)
Who proposed the interpretation of wavefunction?
Max Born
he said that electrons are still particles and so the waves represented by ψ are not physical waves but are complex probability amplitudes
Max Born
the square of this describes the probability of the quantum particle being present near a certain location in space
Wavefunction (ψ)
It can be used to determine the distribution of the electron’s density
Wavefunction (ψ)
This describe the location or general description of an electron
Quantum numbers
A general region in an atom within which an electron is most probable to reside
Atomic orbital
The four quantum numbers
principal
angular momentum
magnetic
spin
this quantum number specify the shell an electron occupies in an atom
Principal quantum number (n)
this quantum number defines the location of the energy level and general size and energy of the orbital
Principal quantum number (n)
this quantum number determines the average distance form nucleus
Principal quantum number (n)
This quantum number’s values are 1, 2, 3, 4, ..
Principal quantum number (n)
As the principal quantum number (n), what happens to the distance from the nucleus and energy?
Increases