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ENERGY & LIGHT. THE QUANTUM MECHANICAL MODEL. Atomic Models. What was Rutherford’s model of the atom like? What is the significance of the proton? What is the significance of the electron?
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ENERGY & LIGHT THE QUANTUM MECHANICAL MODEL
Atomic Models • What was Rutherford’s model of the atom like? • What is the significance of the proton? • What is the significance of the electron? • To understand the quantum mechanical model of the atom, we need an understanding of light and how it transmits energy.
Energy is transmitted in waves by radiation • What are different kinds of radiation? • Visible light, microwaves, x-rays • What is the electromagnetic spectrum? • The whole range of types of radiation. • What is meant by the “dual nature” of light? • Light behaves as waves. • Light behaves as packets of energy called photons.
Anatomy of a Wave • Crest • Trough • Amplitude • Frequency
Electromagnetic Spectrum • All waves of EMS travel at the speed of light in a vacuum • Speed of light = 3.00 X 108 m/s • C = λνλ = wavelength v = frequency in m or cm in Hz or s-1
Problem 1 • What is the frequency of a wave if the wavelength is 5.00 X 10-6 cm? • Look on page 362. What part of the EMS is it in?
Problems 2 & 3 • What is the wavelength of radiation if the frequency is 1.5 X 1013 Hz? • Is it longer or shorter than red light waves? • What is the wavelength of yellow light emitted by sodium vapor lamp if the frequency is 5.10 X 1014 Hz
Waves & Energies Max Planck • Different wavelengths have different energies • Energy of a body changes in small discrete units. These small units or blocks of energy are called quanta. • Planck explains why metals change colors when heated with the mathematical expression Eq= hν • Eq = energy of a quantum • h = 6.626 X 10-34Joule seconds (Js) = Planck’s constant • v = frequency (nu) • Quantum – amount of energy to move an electron up one energy level
Waves & Energies Albert Einstein • Proposed that light could be described as quanta of energy called photons (bundles of energy) • This explained the photoelectric effect – certain energy levels will excite e- of metals and others will not. • Revised equation – Ep= hν • What does Ep stand for?
Problems 4 & 5 • Calculate the energy of a quantum of radiant energy with a frequency of 5.00 X 1015 Hz? • What is the energy of a photon of microwave radiation with a frequency of 3.20 X 1011s-1?
Atomic Emission Spectra • Bohr applied quantum theory to explain AES of hydrogen. • Ground state – lowest possible energy level of an electron • If electron moves up energy level(s) it is quantized. • If falls back down emits same amount of energy in the form of visible light (photons)
Atomic Emission Spectra • Color of light emitted is unique to element • How astronomers determine composition of stars. • Is a discontinuous spectrum as opposed to continuous (light through a prism)
Atomic Emission Spectra • Bohr’s theory didn’t explain for all atoms • New ideas – deBroglie’ s mathematical model λ = h/mv where m = mass and v = velocity • Visible objects produce wavelengths too small to be seen or easily measured – 200g baseball traveling at 30 m/s has λ of 1X 10-32cm • Electrons by contrast have λ large enough to be measured – 2 X 10-3 cm