Chem 105 Problem Solution – Chapter 8: Electrons in Atoms
Electromagnetic Radiation:
1. A hypothetical electromagnetic wave is pictured here. What is the wavelength of this radiation?
For the electromagnetic wave described in Figure, what are (a) the frequency, in hertz, and (b)
the energy, in joules per photon?
The wavelength is the distance between successive peaks. Thus, 4 x 1.17 nm = λ = 4.68 nm.
Photons and the Photoelectric Effect:
2. Determine
(a) the energy, in joules per photon, of radiation of frequency 7.39 x 1015 s-1;
(b) the energy, in kilojoules per mole, of radiation of frequency 1.97 x 1014 s-1.
3. Determine
(a) the frequency, in hertz, of radiation having an energy of 8.62 x 10-21 J/photon;
(b) the wavelength, in nanometers, of radiation with 360 kJ/mol of energy.
4. High-pressure sodium vapor lamps are used in street lighting. The two brightest lines in the
sodium spectrum are at 589.00 and 589.59 nm. What is the difference in energy per photon of
the radiations corresponding to these two lines?
Atomic Spectra:
5. What is ΔE for the transition of an electron from n = 6 to n = 3 in a hydrogen atom? What is the
frequency of the spectral line produced?
1.816 x 10-19 J
6. What is ΔE for the transition of an electron from n = 5 to n = 2 in a hydrogen atom? What is the
frequency of the spectral line produced?
7. The Lyman series of the hydrogen spectrum can be represented by the equation
(a) Calculate the maximum and minimum wave- length lines, in nanometers, in this series.
(b) What value of n corresponds to a spectral line at 95.0 nm?
(c) Is there a line at 108.5 nm? Explain.
Energy Levels and the Spectrum of the Hydrogen Atom:
8. Calculate the energy, in joules, of a hydrogen atom when the electron is in the sixth energy level.
9. Calculate the increase in energy, in joules, when an electron in the hydrogen atom is excited from
the first to the third energy level.
10. What are the (a) frequency, in s-1, and (b) wavelength, in nanometers, of the light emitted when
the electron in a hydrogen atom drops from the energy level n = 7 to n = 4?
11. What electron transition in a hydrogen atom, starting from n = 7, will produce light of wavelength
410 nm?
First, we compute the frequency of the transition being considered and then solve for the final
quantum number.
Wave-Particle Duality:
12. Calculate the de Broglie wavelength, in nanometers, associated with a 145 g baseball traveling at
a speed of 168 km/h.
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle:
13. A proton is accelerated to one-tenth the velocity of light, and this velocity can be measured with
a precision of 1%. What is the uncertainty in the position of this proton?
14. What must be the velocity of electrons if their associated wavelength is to equal the Bohr radius,
a0?