Quantum Mechanics

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Quantum Mechanics

• Terry A. Ring
• University of Utah

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Movement of the Electron around the Nucleus
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Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger Born 12
Aug 1887 in Erdberg, Vienna, AustriaDied 4 Jan
1961 in Vienna, Austria Nobel Prize in Physics
1933 "for the discovery of new productive forms
of atomic theory"
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Time Dependent
Wave Equation!
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Time Independent
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Spherical Coordinates
f
r
q
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Three Part Solution
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Energy of the electron
Energy is related to the Principle Quantum
number, n. This gives 3 of the 4 quantum
numbers, the last one is the spin quantum number,
s, either ½ or ½.
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Wave FunctionsProbability to find an electron
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Energy of the electron
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Electron Transitions give off Energy as
Light/Xrays
Ehc/l
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Red/Blue Clouds in Space
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Zeeman EffectLight Emission in Magnetic Field
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Multi-electron Atoms
(Wolfgang) Pauli Principle Exclusion Principle No
2 electrons with same quantum numbers!
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Periodic Table of the Elements
Dmitri Mendelyeev, 1869.
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Light Emission from Elements Predicted
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Shape of Molecules
B2H6
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