LUSAKA APEX MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF PREMED
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
CH 1002 ASSIGNMENT 1
DUE DATE: 24th February, 2023 AT 12:00. SUBMIT TO MR. CHILUFYA IN CHEMISTRY
LAB 2
1. What is the energy associated with 5 moles of photons of red light having a wavelength of
515 cm?

2. What is the energy change when an electron relaxes from the n = 4 to the n = 1 state? Is the
energy adsorbed or emitted? What is the wavelength of light associated with this
transitions?

3. Rank the elements Be, B, C, N, and O in order of increasing electron affinity.

Explain your reasoning.

4. Consider the following ionization energies for aluminum:

a. Account for the trend in the values of the ionization energies.

b. Explain the large increase between I3 and I4.

5. Which has the more negative electron affinity, the oxygen atom or the O- ion? Explain your
answer.
6. Write equations corresponding to the following.
a. the fourth ionization energy of Se3+
b. the electron affinity of S-
c. the electron affinity of Fe3+
d. the ionization energy of Mg

7. How much energy (J) is liberated when an electron changes from n = 5 to n = 2?

a. What is the wavelength (nm) of this radiation?

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 b. What type of radiation is emitted (α or β or γ)?
c. Which series does this light belong?

8. One of the emission spectral lines for Be3+ has a wavelength of 253.4 nm for an electronic
transition that begins in the state with n = 5. What is the principal quantum number of the
lower energy state corresponding to this emission? (Hint: The Bohr model can be applied
to one electron ions. Don’t forget the Z factor: Z = nuclear charge = atomic number.)

9. An atom of a particular element is traveling at 1.00% of the speed of light. The de Broglie
wavelength is found to be 3.31 × 10-3 pm. Which element is this? Prove it.

10. Calculate the energy required to excite the hydrogen electron from level n = 1 to level n =
4. Also calculate the wavelength of light that must be absorbed by a hydrogen atom in its
ground state to reach this excited state.

11.

12.

Draw atomic orbital diagrams representing the ground-state electron configuration for each of the
following elements.

13.

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In not more than two (2) sentences, describe the way in which VSEPR is useful in chemistry. Give
one example.
15. (a) An atom has the following electron configuration;
[He] 2s 2p4, what geometric shape would you expect this atom to have? Draw the shape to support
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your answer.
(b) another atom has the following electron configuration, [He] 2s22p1`, state the geometric shape
of this atom. Draw the shape to support your answer.

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