STUDENT WRKSHEET OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I: CHEMICAL STRUCTURE & BONDING

HYDROGEN AND MANY-ELECTRON ATOMS

Basic Competence : Explaining the atomic structure and properties.
Indicator

: 1. To apply quantum chemistry to hydrogen atom.

2. To determine the electron configuration of an
atom.

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HYDROGEN ATOM
1. a. According to the literature, explain the reason of the Schrodinger
equation for the hydrogen atom better evaluated in spherical
coordinates rather than Cartesian coordinates.
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b.

Draw the positions of the particles toward the centre of the

rectangular coordinates and reflect on the x, y, and z axis.

Write down the formulation of the particle coordinates transformed from

Cartesian coordinates to spherical coordinates.
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c. Derive the Schrodinger equation of a particle in spherical coordinates.
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d.

Solve the Schrodinger equation of a particle in spherical coordinates

to produce a solution for the principle quantum number, azimuth
quantum number, and magnetic quantum number.
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e.

Draw the levels of hydrogen atom showing the sub-shells and

explain the reason of all orbital of a given shell have the same energy.

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e.

Please draw the shape of orbital s; p; d and explain whether the

value of the magnetic quantum number indicates the direction of the
orbitals.

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f. Explain the implementation of the selection rule in electron transitions

and the contribution of these rules in spectroscopy.
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g.

What can you summarize about the quantum number that you can
derive from the solution of Schrodinger equation of hydrogen atom.
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MANY-ELECTRON ATOMS
2. a. Explain the difference between the orbital of hydrogen atom and
the orbital of many-electron atoms.
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b. Write the Pauli principle and describe examples of its implementation in
the notation of wave functions of particle.
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c. Draw the energy levels of many electron atoms generated from selfconsistence field (SCF) theory and explain the difference of energy
levels resulting from the hydrogen atom models.

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d. Explain the meaning of term symbols and its implementation in the
electronic transitions of many-electron atoms completed with the
transition process by a selection rule.
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e. What can you summarize of the development of quantum numbers from
model of hydrogen atom to model of many-electron atoms?
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