Homework

Chapter 28: Quantum Physics

Ch 28: 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 39, 40, 41

 

28.8 What is the value of Planck's constant in electron - volt - seconds (eV s)?

h = 6.626 x 10 - 34 J s

h = 4.14 x 10 - 15 eV s

 

28.9 What is the wavelength of a 1 eV photon?

E = h f

f = c

f = c /

E = h c /

= h c / E

= (4.14 x 10 - 15 eV s) (3.0 x 108 m/s) / 1 eV

= 1.24 x 10 - 6 m

 

 

28.11 Microwaves in household microwave ovens have a wavelength of about 33 cm. What is the energy in one photon of such a microwave?

E = h f

f = c

f = c /

E = h c /

E = (4.14 x 10 - 15 eV s) (3.0 x 108 m/s) / 0.33 m

E = 3.76 x 10 - 6 eV

 

Remember that we calculated in class that the energy of photons in the visible range was about 2 to 4 eV (also, see problem 28.15 below). Microwaves are of much longer wavelength (0.33 m as compared to about 500 x 10 - 9 m = 5 x 10 - 7 m = 0.5 x 10 - 6 m or about 106 times as large for the wavelength so about 10 - 6 times as small for the energy.

 

28.13 A gamma ray from a radioactive nucleus has an energy of 21.45 MeV. What is its wavelength?

E = h f

f = c

f = c /

E = h c /

= h c / E

= (4.14 x 10 - 15 eV s) (3.0 x 108 m/s) / 21.45 MeV

= (4.14 x 10 - 15 eV s) (3.0 x 108 m/s) / 21.45 x 106 eV

= 5.79 x 10 - 14 m

 

28.15 What is the energy of the photons in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum? (Use l = 550 nm as an average value)?

E = h f

f = c

f = c /

E = h c /

E = (4.14 x 10 - 15 eV s) (3.0 x 108 m/s) / 550 nm

E = (4.14 x 10 - 15 eV s) (3.0 x 108 m/s) / 550 x 10 - 9 m

E = 2.26 eV

 

28.39 What is the deBroglie wavelength of a 1.0 - gram paperclip moving at 1.0 m/s? Do you think this length can be detected?

= h/p = h / mv

= (6.626 x 10 - 34 J s) / [(0.001 kg)(1.0 m/s)]

= 6.626 x 10 - 31 m

Since the diameter of a nucleus is only about 10 - 14 m, this wavelength will not be measureable at all!

 

28.40 What is the deBroglie wavelength of a 0.150 - kg baseball when it has been thrown at 28.0 m/s?

= h/p = h / mv

= (6.626 x 10 - 34 J s) / [(0.150 kg)(28 m/s)]

= 1.58 x 10 - 34 m

This wavelength, too, is far too small to be measured or detected.

 

28.41 What is the wavelength of an electron moving at 1.5 x 107 m/s?

= h/p = h / mv

= (6.626 x 10 - 34 J s) / [(9.11 x 10 - 31 kg)(1.5 x 107  m/s)]

= 4.85 x 10 - 11 m

This wavelength is (finally) larger than a nuclear diameter and is a reasonable fraction of typical atomic spacing.

Summary

Ch 29, Atomic Physics

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