Exam 40: One-Dimensional Quantum Mechanics

An electron is in an infinite square well that is 2.6 nm wide. What is the smallest value of the state quantum number n for which the energy level exceeds 100 eV? (h = 6.626 × 10^-34 J ∙ s, m_el = 9.11 × 10^-31 kg, 1 eV = 1.60 × 10^-19)

The smallest kinetic energy that an electron in a box (an infinite well) can have is zero.

One fairly crude method of determining the size of a molecule is to treat the molecule as an infinite square well (a box) with an electron trapped inside, and to measure the wavelengths of emitted photons. If the photon emitted during the n = 2 to n = 1 transition has wavelength 1940 nm, what is the width of the molecule? (c = 3.00 × 10⁸ m/s, h = 6.626 × 10^-34J ∙ s, m_el = 9.11 × 10^-31 kg)

Calculate the ground state energy of a harmonic oscillator with a classical frequency of 3.68 × 10¹⁵ Hz. (1 eV = 1.60 × 10^-19 J, h = 1.055 × 10^-34 J ∙ s, h = 6.626 × 10^-34 J ∙ s)

An electron is in an infinite square well (a box) that is 2.0 nm wide. The electron makes a transition from the n = 8 to the n = 7 state, what is the wavelength of the emitted photon?(h = 6.626 × 10^-34 J ∙ s, m_el = 9.11 × 10^-31 kg, 1 eV = 1.60 × 10^-19)

A particle is confined to a one-dimensional box (an infinite well) on the x-axis between x = 0 and x = L. The potential height of the walls of the box is infinite. The normalized wave function of the particle, which is in the ground state, is given by ψ(x) = sin , with 0 ≤ x ≤ L. What is the probability of finding the particle between x = 0 and x = L/3?

You want to have an electron in an energy level where its speed is no more than 66 m/s. What is the length of the smallest box (an infinite well) in which you can do this? (h = 6.626 × 10^-34 J ∙ s, m_el = 9.11 × 10^-31 kg)

The energy of a particle in the second EXCITED state of a harmonic oscillator potential is What is the classical angular frequency of oscillation of this particle? (1 eV = 1.60 × 10^-19 J, h = 1.055 × 10^-34 J ∙ s, h = 6.626 × 10^-34 J ∙ s)

An electron is bound in an infinite square-well potential (a box) on the x-axis. The width of the well is L and the well extends from x = 0.00 nm to In its present state, the normalized wave function of the electron is given by: ψ(x) = Sin (2πx/L). What is the energy of the electron in this state?(h = 6.626 × 10^-34 J ∙ s, m_el = 9.11 × 10^-31 kg, 1 eV = 1.60 × 10^-19)

The lowest energy level of a certain quantum harmonic oscillator is 5.00 eV. What is the energy of the next higher level?

An electron is trapped in an infinite square well (a box) of width 6.88 nm. Find the wavelength of photons emitted when the electron drops from the n = 5 state to the n = 1 state in this system. (c = 3.00 × 10⁸ m/s, h = 6.626 × 10^-34J ∙ s, m_el = 9.11 × 10^-31 kg)

A 10.0-g bouncy ball is confined in a 8.3-cm-long box (an infinite well). If we model the ball as a point particle, what is the minimum kinetic energy of the ball? (h = 6.626 × 10^-34 J ∙ s)

The atoms in a nickel crystal vibrate as harmonic oscillators with an angular frequency of 2.3 × 10¹³ rad/s. The mass of a nickel atom is 9.75 × 10^-26 kg. What is the difference in energy between adjacent vibrational energy levels of nickel? (h = 6.626 × 10^-34 J ∙ s, h = 1.055 × 10^-34 J ∙ s, 1 eV = 1.60 × 10^-19 J)

If an atom in a crystal is acted upon by a restoring force that is directly proportional to the distance of the atom from its equilibrium position in the crystal, then it is impossible for the atom to have zero kinetic energy.

The energy of a proton is 1.0 MeV below the top of a 6.8-fm-wide energy barrier. What is the probability that the proton will tunnel through the barrier? (1 eV = 1.60 × 10^-19 J, m_proton = 1.67 × 10^-27 kg, h = 1.055 × 10^-34 J ∙ s, h = 6.626 × 10^-34 J ∙ s)

The wave function of an electron in a rigid box (infinite well) is shown in the figure. If the electron energy 98.0 eV, what is the energy of the electron's ground state?( m_el = 9.11 × 10^-31 kg)

A lithium atom, mass 1.17 × 10^-26 kg, vibrates with simple harmonic motion in a crystal lattice, where the effective force constant of the forces on the atom is k = (c = 3.00 × 10⁸ m/s, h = 6.626 × 10^-34 J ∙ s, h = 1.055 × 10^-34 J ∙ s, 1 eV = 1.60 × 10^-19 J) (a) What is the ground state energy of this system, in eV? (b) What is the wavelength of the photon that could excite this system from the ground state to the first excited state?

An electron is in the ground state of an infinite well (a box) where its energy is 5.00 eV. In the next higher level, what would its energy be? (1 eV = 1.60 × 10^-19 J)

An electron is confined in a one-dimensional box (an infinite well). Two adjacent allowed energies of the electron are 1.068 × 10^-18 J and 1.352 × 10^-18 J. What is the length of the box? (h = 6.626 × 10^-34 J ∙ s, m_el = 9.11 × 10^-31 kg)

An 80-eV electron impinges upon a potential barrier 100 eV high and 0.20 nm thick. What is the probability the electron will tunnel through the barrier? (1 eV = 1.60 × 10^-19 J, m_proton = 1.67 × 10^-27 kg, h = 1.055 × 10^-34 J ∙ s, h = 6.626 × 10^-34 J ∙ s)