Chapter 43 Solutions
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Goal Solution
An HCl molecule is excited to its first rotational-energy level, corresponding to
J
=
1. If the distancebetween its nuclei is 0.127
5 nm, what is the angular speed of the molecule about its center of mass?
G
:
For a system as small as a molecule, we can expect the angular speed to be much faster than the fewrad/s typical of everyday objects we encounter.
O
:
The rotational energy is given by the angular momentum quantum number,
J
. The angular speedcan be calculated from this kinetic rotational energy and the moment of inertia of this one-dimensional molecule.
A
:
For the HCl molecule in the
J
=
1 rotational energy level, we are given
r
0
=
0.1275 nm.
E
rot
=
h
2
I
J J
+
1
( )
so with
J
=
1,
E
rot
=
h
2
I
=
12
I
ω
2
and
ω
=
2
h
2
I
2
=
h
2
I
The moment of inertia of the molecule is given by:
I
=
µ
r
02
=
m
1
m
2
m
1
+
m
2
r
02
=
(1 u)(35 u)1 u + 35 u
r
02
I
=
(0.972 u)(1.66
×
10
-27
kg/u)(1.275
×
10
-10
m)
2
=
2.62
×
10
−
47
kg
⋅
m
2
Therefore, 21.055
×
10
−
34
J
⋅
s2.62
×
10
-47
kg
⋅
m
2
=
5.69
×
10
12
rad/s
L:
This angular speed is more than a billion times faster than the spin rate of a music CD, which rotatesat 200 to 500 revolutions per minute, or
ω
=
20 rad/s to 50 rad/s.
43.8
I
=
m
1
r
12
+
m
2
r
22
where
m
1
r
1
=
m
2
r
2
and
r
1
+
r
2
=
r
Then
r
1
=
m
2
r
2
m
1
so
m
2
r
2
m
1
+
r
2
=
r
and
r
2
=
m
1
r m
1
+
m
2
Also,
r
2
=
m
1
r
1
m
2
Thus,
r
1
+
m
1
r
1
m
2
=
r
and
r
1
=
m
2
r m
1
+
m
2
I
=
m
1
m
22
r
2
m
1
+
m
2
( )
2
+
m
2
m
12
r
2
m
1
+
m
2
( )
2
=
m
1
m
2
r
2
m
2
+
m
1
( )
m
1
+
m
2
( )
2
=
m
1
m
2
r
2
m
1
+
m
2
=
µ
r
2
43.9
(a)
µ
=
22.9935.45
( )
22.99
+
35.45
( )
1.66
×
10
−
27
kg
( )
=
2.32
×
10
−
26
kg
I
=
µ
r
2
=
2.32
×
10
−
26
kg
( )
0.280
×
10
−
9
m
( )
2
=
1.81
×
10
−
45
kg
⋅
m
2
(b)
hc
λ
=
h
2
2
I
22
+
1
( )
−
h
2
2
I
11
+
1
( )
=
3
h
2
I
−
h
2
I
=
2
h
2
I
=
2
h
2
4
π
2
I
λ
=
c
4
π
2
I
2
h
=
3.00
×
10
8
m/s
( )
4
π
2
1.81
×
10
−
45
kg
⋅
m
2
( )
26.626
×
10
−
34
J
⋅
s
( )
=
1.62 cm