Quantum Mechanics Terry A. Ring University of Utah
Movement of the Electron around the Nucleus
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger Born: 12 Aug 1887 in Erdberg, Vienna, Austria Died: 4 Jan 1961 in Vienna, Austria Nobel Prize in Physics 1933 "for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory"
Time Dependent Wave Equation!
Time Independent
Spherical Coordinates r
Three Part Solution
Energy of the electron Energy is related to the Principle Quantum number, n. This gives 3 of the 4 quantum numbers, the last one is the spin quantum number, s, either +½ or – ½.
Wave Functions Probability to find an electron
Energy of the electron
Electron Transitions give off Energy as Light/Xrays E=hc/
Red/Blue Clouds in Space
Zeeman Effect Light Emission in Magnetic Field
Multi-electron Atoms (Wolfgang) Pauli Principle Exclusion Principle No 2 electrons with same quantum numbers!
Periodic Table of the Elements Dmitri Mendelyeev, 1869.
Light Emission from Elements Predicted
Shape of Molecules B2H6B2H6
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