Problem Set #2

Chem 4373/Solutions
September 17, 2014
1. Calculate the Coulombic potential energy of an electron at a distance of 52.9 pm
from a lithium, Li2+, nucleus. Give your answer in units of 10
17
J.
A: -1.31
2. For a hydrogen atom, calculate the energy of an electron with principal quantum
number n = 3. (your answer should be in units of 10
19
J)
A: -2.421
3. Repeat the calculation in 2, except this time give your answer in Hartree units.
A: Hartree units are such that e
2
/a
o
= 1. The conversion from eV to Hartree is
27.6eV = 1 Hartree = 2 IE of hydrogen.
E
3
=
1
2n
2
Hartree = 0.556Hartree
4. Calculate the wavenumber of the lowest energy transition in the Balmer series of the
electronic spectrum of the He+ ion.
A: wave numbers are in units of cm
1
: 21,332 cm
1
.
5. Repeat problem 4, except give your answer in Hartrees.
A: 0.097 Hartree
6. A line in the Balmer series of the emission spectrum of atomic hydrogen is observed
at a wavelength of 486.3 nm. Deduce the upper state principal quantum number for
this transition.
A: 4
7. The Rydberg constant for the Be
3+
ion is 10,9731 cm
?1
. Calculate the ionization
energy of a ground-state Be
3+
ion (in eV).
A 218 eV
1
8. To which orbitals may 5d electrons make spectroscopic transitions in a hydrogenic
atom?
A: np and nf. Reason: = 1
9. Calculate the overall change in energy when an electron is transferred from a sodium
atom, Na, to a chlorine atom, Cl, to form a sodium ion, Na
+
, and chlorine ion, Cl
?
.
The rst ionization energy of sodium is 5.14 eV. The electron anity of chlorine is
+3.62 eV. Give your answer in kJ/mol
A: The energy change is the energy required to remove the electron from Na and
the add it to Cl. Take the dierence between the IE(Na) - EA(Cl) and convert to
kJ/mol. E = 147
10. Which terms can arise from the electronic conguration [He]2s
2
2p
2
?
A: 1D, 3P, 1S
11. Atomic sulfur, S, has a ground electronic conguration that gives rise to the levels
3
P
2,1,0
,
1
D
2
and
1
S
0
. Use Hunds rule to predict which of these levels is lowest in
energy.
A
3
P
2
(highest spin multiplicity)
2