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QUESTIONS ON SPECTROSCOPY (1)

1. Blue light has a wavelength of 450 nm. Calculate its frequency.

2. Calculate in kJ mol -1, the energy increase of a molecule that has absorbed radiation of the electromagnetic spectrum of
wavelength 200nm. To what portion of the spectrum does this radiation belong?

3. Compare the Bohr model of the atom with that of the Rutherford model.

4. Would the convergence limit of the Balmer series be suitable for determining he ionisation energy of hydrogen. Explain your
answer.

5. Why was hydrogen’s spectrum chosen for study of atomic electronic structures?

6. Calculate the amount of energy absorbed by a sodium atom when an electron jumps from the 3s to the 3p sublevel, given that
the wavelength of the orange-coloured line in the atomic emission spectrum of sodium is 589 nm.

7. Suggest a reason why when molecular orbitals are formed, the electrons are found in the bonding and not the antibonding
orbitals.

8. What are the conditions for d-d transitions in complex metal ions?

9. Why does a compound appear red when it shows an absorption band at 490 nm?

10. Why does a blue solution of aqueous copper(II) ions turn to deep blue when excess ammonia is added to it?

11. Name the chromophores in phenylethanone and trans-but-2-ene. What are the electronic transitions that may occur between
their molecular orbitals?

12. An organic compound which contains carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen has the following composition by mass: C – 67.9% and
H – 5.7%. Its empirical and molecular formulae are the same. It shows absorption bands at λ max 160 and 190 nm. Suggest a
possible structure for this compound.

13. Explain what happens to the electrons in the molecular orbitals of a compound that contains two similar chromophores that
are conjugated, that causes the absorption band to be shifted to a longer wavelength.

14. State Beer’s law in words and mathematically. What is the main condition for Beer’s law to be obeyed?

15. The following table shows the results obtained when a set of standard solutions of a coloured substance were measured.

I 88.7 79.5 70.7 63.3 56.4 50.2

Io 100 100 100 100 100 100

% conc. 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06

Plot a calibration curve using these data. Find the concentration of the solution of the same substance for which the value of I
is 76.0.

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