Department of Chemistry

Practice Questions

1)

a) Explain the reason for normalizing a wave function.

b) Explain the process of normalizing a wave function in a one dimensional box.
c) Given the wave function; Ψ = sin(2πx/L) evaluate the normalization constant (N) for a one
dimensional box of length L. Thus write the normalized wave function.
𝑥 𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑎𝑥
(Given ∫0 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑎𝑥𝑑𝑥 = [ − + C])
2 4𝑎

2)

a) Briefly explain the photoelectric effect.

b) The work function for metallic cesium is 2.14 eV. Calculate the kinetic energy and the speed
of the electrons ejected by light of wavelength 250 nm.
c) What is the de Broglie wavelength of this electron?

3)

a) Explain the meaning of the following: 𝜓2,1,0 (𝑟, 𝜃, 𝜙) = 𝑅2,1 (𝑟, 𝜃)𝑌1,0 (𝜃, 𝜙) (5 Marks)
b) Calculate the energy of the electron in Li2+ with the above quantum numbers.
c) Calculate the angular momentum of this electron.
d) What is the z – component of angular momentum of this electron?

4)

a) Given an electron in a cube with each side, L = 0.3 nm, calculate the energy of this electron
when n1 = 2 , n2 = 2, n3 = 1.
b) What will be the amount of energy radiated when this electron falls to n1 = 1, n2 = 1, n3 = 1?
c) Calculate the frequency and wavelength of this photon.