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This document contains 8 tutorial questions on quantum mechanics concepts: 1) Show that the angular momentum operators L^2 and L_x commute. 2) Draw vector diagrams for angular momentum states with l=2, m_l=2 and l=3, m_l=0. 3) Calculate the energy difference and absorption wavelength between the J=0 and J=1 rotational levels of H-35Cl. 4) Calculate the nodes of the 2s and 3s radial wave functions for hydrogen. 5) Calculate the most likely distance of the 1s electron from the nucleus. 6) Construct real wave functions from the l=2, m=±1 angular wave functions and plot

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This document contains 8 tutorial questions on quantum mechanics concepts: 1) Show that the angular momentum operators L^2 and L_x commute. 2) Draw vector diagrams for angular momentum states with l=2, m_l=2 and l=3, m_l=0. 3) Calculate the energy difference and absorption wavelength between the J=0 and J=1 rotational levels of H-35Cl. 4) Calculate the nodes of the 2s and 3s radial wave functions for hydrogen. 5) Calculate the most likely distance of the 1s electron from the nucleus. 6) Construct real wave functions from the l=2, m=±1 angular wave functions and plot

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h
i
h
i
y, L
z = i~L
x as your starting point, show that L
2, L
x = 0.
1. Using L
2. Draw vector diagrams to represent the angular momentum of states with the following quantum numbers: (a) l = 2, ml = 2; (b) l = 3, ml = 0.
3. The equilibrium internuclear distance in 1 H35 Cl is 0.1275 nm. Calculate the difference in rotational energy between the J = 0 and J = 1 levels and the wavelength
of radiation that will be absorbed in promoting the transition from J = 0 to J = 1.
The masses of 1 H and

35

Cl are 1.008 and 34.97 amu, respectively.

4. Use the radial wave functions for hydrogen, Rn,l (r), to calculate the positions of
the nodes for the 2s and 3s radial wave functions.
5. Calculate the distance from the nucleus at which the 1s electron is most likely to
be found.
6. The angular wave function for l = 2 and m = 1 (also known p1 ) are
1
Y (, ) =
2

3
2

sin()ei

(a) Construct two real wave functions, Y 0 (, ) (also known px ) and Y 00 (, ) (also
known py ), from these.
(b) Prepare a plot of the wave function Y 00 (, ) in the yz plane. On the same set
of axes, prepare a plot of Y 00 (, ) Y 00 (, ).
(c) Determine and for which the wave function Y 00 (, ) is a maximum.
7. The d orbitals, corresponding to the quantum numbers n = 3, l = 2 and ml = 1,
have the following wave functions:
= R(r) sin cos ei
where R(r) is the radial wave function. What real wave functions can be obtained
from these complex wave functions?
8. The ionization energy for the outer 2s electron of the lithium atom is 5.39 eV.
Calculate the effective nuclear charge experienced by this electron.

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