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What properties do light possess?
What properties do light possess?
Wave and Particle properties
What did Bohr's model accurately explain?
What did Bohr's model accurately explain?
The odd quantum behaviour of hydrogen.
What did Louis de Broglie propose about electrons?
What did Louis de Broglie propose about electrons?
Electrons exist as matter waves.
All matter has only wave properties.
All matter has only wave properties.
What did Erwin Schrodinger develop to describe the behavior of electrons around the nucleus?
What did Erwin Schrodinger develop to describe the behavior of electrons around the nucleus?
What are the three quantum numbers required to describe the possible energy states of an electron?
What are the three quantum numbers required to describe the possible energy states of an electron?
What do Schrodinger's equations precisely describe?
What do Schrodinger's equations precisely describe?
What are the three-dimensional regions in space where an electron "may" be found?
What are the three-dimensional regions in space where an electron "may" be found?
According to Werner Heisenberg, what is impossible to determine simultaneously for a single subatomic particle?
According to Werner Heisenberg, what is impossible to determine simultaneously for a single subatomic particle?
Uncertainty at the atomic scale is due to lack of precision of a measurement.
Uncertainty at the atomic scale is due to lack of precision of a measurement.
What does Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle state?
What does Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle state?
What do Schrodinger's wave functions actually describe?
What do Schrodinger's wave functions actually describe?
What are orbitals known as?
What are orbitals known as?
Which principle states that electrons are added to the lowest energy orbitals that are available?
Which principle states that electrons are added to the lowest energy orbitals that are available?
What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy a single orbital?
What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy a single orbital?
What does Hund's Rule state regarding electron repulsion?
What does Hund's Rule state regarding electron repulsion?
What does the Pauli Exclusion Principle state?
What does the Pauli Exclusion Principle state?
What is the abbreviated ground state electron configuration for carbon?
What is the abbreviated ground state electron configuration for carbon?
What is the abbreviated ground state electron configuration for chlorine?
What is the abbreviated ground state electron configuration for chlorine?
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Wave-Mechanical Model of the Atom
Wave-Mechanical Model of the Atom
A model that describes atoms with wave-particle duality, focusing on electron behavior.
Louis de Broglie
Louis de Broglie
Physicist who proposed that matter, like light, has wave properties.
Matter Waves
Matter Waves
Waves associated with particles, such as electrons, emphasizing their wave-like nature.
Quantized Energy Levels
Quantized Energy Levels
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Erwin Schrodinger
Erwin Schrodinger
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Wave Equation
Wave Equation
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Orbitals
Orbitals
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Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
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Position and Momentum
Position and Momentum
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Probability Distribution
Probability Distribution
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Shapes of Orbitals
Shapes of Orbitals
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Electron Configuration
Electron Configuration
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Ground State Configurations
Ground State Configurations
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Abbreviated Electron Configuration
Abbreviated Electron Configuration
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Energy Level Diagram
Energy Level Diagram
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Multi-Electron Atoms
Multi-Electron Atoms
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Inter-Electron Repulsion
Inter-Electron Repulsion
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Subshells
Subshells
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Quantum Numbers
Quantum Numbers
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Quantum Mechanical Model
Quantum Mechanical Model
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s Orbital
s Orbital
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p Orbital
p Orbital
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d Orbital
d Orbital
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f Orbital
f Orbital
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Hydrogen Atom
Hydrogen Atom
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Radial Probability Distribution
Radial Probability Distribution
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Electron Cloud
Electron Cloud
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Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics
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Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy
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Study Notes
Wave-Mechanical Model of the Atom
- Light exhibits both wave and particle properties
- Bohr's model worked for hydrogen but couldn't predict behaviour of atoms with more than one electron
- Other physicists developed models to address these limitations
Louis de Broglie (1923)
- Proposed that electrons exhibit wave-particle duality
- Developed a mathematical relationship between an object's mass and its wavelength: λ = h/mv
- Electrons exist at specific distances from the nucleus, corresponding to integer multiples of their wavelength (λ, 2λ, 3λ, etc.)
- All matter exhibits wave-like properties, more significant for low-mass particles like electrons
Erwin Schrödinger (1925)
- Used de Broglie's hypothesis to develop a wave equation to describe electron behaviour around the nucleus
- Certain quantized solutions to the equation are possible, corresponding to specific energy levels
- Describing electron behaviour requires three quantum numbers (n, l, ml)
- Schrödinger's equation describes electron energy states but not precise location
- Probability distributions ("orbitals") represent regions where an electron likely is located
Werner Heisenberg and The Uncertainty Principle (1927)
- It's impossible to simultaneously know precise position and momentum of a subatomic particle (ΔxΔp ≥ h/4π)
- Uncertainty is a fundamental property of the atomic scale, not a measurement limitation
Orbitals
- Probability distributions describing electron location around the nucleus
- Orbital shapes (s, p, d, f) are given by letters; s has 1 orbital, p has 3 orbitals, d has 5, and f has 7
- The first four energy levels of hydrogen contain specific orbitals with different shapes
- Electrons fill orbitals following specific rules (Aufbau, Hund's, Pauli Exclusion)
- The first energy level (n=1) contains the 1s orbital
- Electrons fill orbitals of lowest energy first
Multi-Electron Atoms and Ions
- Inter-electron repulsion affects energy levels of orbitals in atoms with more than one electron
- Energy level diagrams show relative orbital energies in the periodic table
- Rules for assigning electrons to orbitals:
- Electrons fill the lowest energy orbitals first (Aufbau Principle)
- Orbitals can hold a maximum of two electrons (with opposite spins)
- If orbitals have same energy, each will fill individually before doubling (Hund's rule, maximizing total spin)
- No two electrons can have same set of quantum numbers (Pauli Exclusion Principle)
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Explore the wave-mechanical model of the atom, addressing the limitations of Bohr's model. Learn about Louis de Broglie's wave-particle duality and Erwin Schrödinger's wave equation. Understand how quantum numbers describe electron behavior around the nucleus.
