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Advanced Physical Chemistry Assignment

This document contains 15 questions about advanced physical chemistry concepts. The questions cover topics like: 1) Calculating the energy of a photon given its wavelength 2) Determining the effective blackbody temperature of the sun based on the peak wavelength of its spectral radiant flux density 3) Questions involving the de Broglie wavelength of particles like electrons accelerated through a potential difference and the ratio of de Broglie wavelengths between different particles.

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Advanced Physical Chemistry Assignment

This document contains 15 questions about advanced physical chemistry concepts. The questions cover topics like: 1) Calculating the energy of a photon given its wavelength 2) Determining the effective blackbody temperature of the sun based on the peak wavelength of its spectral radiant flux density 3) Questions involving the de Broglie wavelength of particles like electrons accelerated through a potential difference and the ratio of de Broglie wavelengths between different particles.

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Advanced physical Chemistry Assignment -1(15%) Submission Date 5/05/2014 up to 4:00Local time

1. Photons in a pale blue light have a wavelength of 500 nm. (The symbol nm is defined as
ananometer = 10–9 m.) What is the energy of this photon?
2. Calculate the apparent blackbody temperature of the sun. If it is observed that the peak spectral
radiant flux density of the sun is near 490 nm, what is its effective blackbody temperature?
3. Which of the following colors corresponds to the longest wavelength?
a. Blue b. Violet c. Red d. Green

4. An electron is accelerated through a potential difference of 100 volts. What is the de-Broglie
wavelength associated with it ? To which part of the electromagnetic spectrum does this
value of wavelength correspond ?
5. An -particle and a proton are accelerated from rest by the same potential. Find the ratio of their de
Broglie wavelengths
6. An electron and a photon each have a wavelength 1.00 nm. Find
(i) their momenta,
(ii) the energy of the photon and
(iii) the kinetic energy of electron.
7. A proton and alpha particle both initially at rest are(suitably) accelerated so as to have the same
kinetic energy what is the ratio of their de-Broglie wavelength?
8. Light of wavelength 2000A0 falls on a metal surface of work function 4.2eV. What is the kinetic
energy(in eV) of (i) the fastest and (ii) the slowest photo electrons emitted from the surface?
9. An electron is accelerated through a potential difference of 100 volts. What is the de-Broglie
wavelength associated with it ? To which part of the electromagnetic spectrum does this value of
wavelength correspond ?
10. An -particle and a proton are accelerated from rest by the same potential. Find the ratio of their de
Broglie wavelengths.
11. An electron and a photon each have a wavelength 1.00 nm. Find
(i) their momenta,
(ii) the energy of the photon and
(iii) the kinetic energy of electron.
12. Which two main observations in photo electricity led Einstein to suggest the photo theory for the
interaction of light with the free electrons in metal? And give an expression for the threshold frequency for
photoelectric emission in terms of work function of the metal
13. A radioactive material emits photons, each having an energy of 1.6 x 10 -13 J. Calculate the frequency of the
electromagnetic radiation emitted by the radioactive material.

14. “Positronium” consists of an electron and a positron (a particle with mass equal to that of an
electron, but opposite charge) orbiting each other around their common center of mass. The
general features of the spectrum are thus expected to be hydrogen-like, with the major differences
arising due to the difference in mass between a proton and a positron. Predict the binding energy of
the ground state of positronium.
15. In what is sometimes called the “free electron molecular orbital” theory, the  electrons in a
conjugated organic molecule are treated as being independent particles in a one-dimensional box of
length L. (The term “conjugated”, as used here, implies an alternating succession of single and double
bonds linking carbon atoms). Each energy level of the corresponding one-dimensional box can then
be occupied by a pair of electrons with opposite spins. Consider the molecule: CH 2=CH-CH=CH-
CH=CH-CH=CH2, which has 8 carbon atoms, each of which contributes one  electron to the
molecule. Assume that these electrons can be treated as though they are confined to a box of length L
= 8 b, where b represents the average bond length between carbon atoms and is approximately 1.4 x
10-10 m. (An extra half-bond-length has been added to each extremity of the box).
Calculate (i) the minimum excitation energy for this molecule (that is, the energy corresponding
to the transition between the highest occupied and lowest unoccupied/available energy levels),
and (ii) suggest what color a sample of this compound might appear when viewed in white light.

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