Section 11.3
Physics and the Quantum
Mechanical Model
OBJECTIVES:
Explain the origin of the atomic
Light
The study of light led to the
development of the quantum
mechanical model.
Light is a kind of electromagnetic
radiation.
Electromagnetic radiation includes
many kinds of waves
Parts of a wave
Wavelength
Amplitude
Origin
Crest
Parts of Wave - p.255
Origin - the base line of the energy.
Crest - high point on a wave
Trough - Low point on a wave
Amplitude - distance from origin to crest
Wavelength - distance from crest to
crest
Wavelength is abbreviated by the Greek
Frequency
The number of waves that pass a
given point per second.
Units: cycles/sec or hertz (hz or sec
-1)
Abbreviated by Greek letter nu =
Frequency and wavelength
Are inversely related
As one goes up the other goes down.
Different frequencies of light are
different colors of light.
There is a wide variety of frequencies
The whole range is called a spectrum,
Radio waves Micro waves Infrared . Ultra-violet X-Rays Gamma Rays Low energy High energy Low
Frequency High Frequency
Long
Wavelength Short Wavelength
Prism
White light is
made up of all the colors of the
visible spectrum.
Passing it through
If the light is not white
By heating a gas
with electricity we can get it to give off colors.
Passing this light
Atomic Spectrum
Each element
gives off its own characteristic
colors.
Can be used to
identify the atom.
How we know
• These are called discontinuous
spectra, or line spectra
• unique to each element.
• These are
emission spectra
Light is a Particle
Energy is quantized.
Light is energy
Light must be quantized
These smallest pieces of light are
called photons.
Photoelectric effect?
Energy and frequency
E = h x
E is the energy of the photon
is the frequency
h is Planck’s constant
The Math in Chapter 11
2 equations so
far:
c =
E = h
Examples
What is the wavelength of blue light
with a frequency of 8.3 x 10
15hz?
What is the frequency of red light
with a wavelength of 4.2 x 10
-5m?
What is the energy of a photon of
What is light?
Light is a particle - it comes in chunks.
Light is a wave- we can measure its
wavelength and it behaves as a wave
If we combine E=mc2 , c=, E = 1/2 mv2
and E = h
We can get: = h/mv
called de Broglie’s equation
Sample problem
What is the approximate mass of a
particle having a wavelength of 10
-7meters, and a speed of 1 m/s?
Use
= h/mv
= 6.6 x 10
-27Matter is a Wave
Does not apply to large objects
Things bigger than an atom
A baseball has a wavelength of
about 10
-32m when moving 30 m/s
An electron at the same speed has a
wavelength of 10
-3cm
The physics of the very small
Quantum mechanics explains how
the very small behaves.
Classic physics is what you get
when you add up the effects of
millions of packages.
Quantum mechanics is based on
Section 11.1
Models of the Atom
OBJECTIVES:
Section 11.1
Models of the Atom
OBJECTIVES:
Explain the significance of
quantized energies of electrons
as they relate to the quantum
Greek Idea
Democritus and
Leucippus
Matter is made up
of solid indivisible particles
John Dalton - one
J. J. Thomson’s Model
Discovered electrons
Atoms were made of
positive stuff
Negative electron
floating around
“Plum-Pudding”
Ernest Rutherford’s Model
Discovered dense
positive piece at the center of the atom- nucleus
Electrons would
surround it
Mostly empty
space
Niels Bohr’s Model
He had a question: Why don’t the
electrons fall into the nucleus?
Move like planets around the sun.
In circular orbits at different levels.
Amounts of energy separate one
Bohr’s planetary model
Energy level of an electron
analogous to the rungs of a ladder
electron cannot exist between energy
levels, just like you can’t stand
between rungs on ladder
Quantum of energy required to move
The Quantum Mechanical
Model
Energy is quantized. It comes in chunks.
A quanta is the amount of energy needed to
move from one energy level to another.
Since the energy of an atom is never “in
between” there must be a quantum leap in energy.
Erwin Schrodinger derived an equation that
Things that are very small
behave differently from things big enough to see.
The quantum mechanical
model is a mathematical solution
It is not like anything you can
see.
Has energy levels for
electrons.
Orbits are not circular.
It can only tell us the
probability of finding an electron a certain distance from the nucleus.
The atom is found
inside a blurry “electron cloud”
A area where there is
a chance of finding an electron.
Draw a line at 90 %
Think of fan blades
Atomic Orbitals
Principal Quantum Number (n) = the
energy level of the electron.(1-7)
Sublevels- like theater seats arranged
in sections(labeled s,p,d,f)
Within each sublevel, the complex math
of Schrodinger’s equation describes several shapes.
These are called atomic orbitals -
For any atom there is only one
1s orbital. The "1" represents the
fact that the orbital is in the
energy level closest to the
2p and 3p orbitals
At the first energy level, the only orbital available to electrons is the 1s orbital, but at the second and
third levels, as well as the 2s and 3s orbitals, there are also the 2p and 3p orbitals.
Videos of Atomic Orbitals
s2 Principle energy level 1 Principle energy level 2 Principle energy level 3 Principle energy level 4 Principle energy level 5
Principle energy level 6 Principle energy level 7
s2 p6 s2 p6
s2 p6 d10
s2 p6 d10
s2 p6 d10
s
p
d
# of
shapes
Max
electrons
Starts at
energy level
1 2 1
3 6 2
Orbital Shapes
By Energy Level
First Energy Level
only s sublevel
only 2 electrons
1s2
Second Energy
Level
s and p sublevels
are available
2 e- in s, 6 in p
2s22p6
By Energy Level
Third energy level
s, p, and d
sublevels
2 e- in s, 6 in p,
and 10 in d
3s23p63d10
18 total electrons
Fourth energy level s,p,d, and f
sublevels
2 e- in s, 6 in p, 10
in d, and 14 in f
By Energy Level
Any more than
the fourth and not all the orbitals will fill up.
You simply run
out of electrons
The orbitals do
not fill up in a neat order.
The energy levels
overlap
Lowest energy fill
Section 11.2
Electron Arrangement in Atoms
OBJECTIVES:
Apply the aufbau principle, the
Pauli exclusion principle, and
Section 11.2
Electron Arrangement in Atoms
OBJECTIVES:
Explain why the electron
Electron Configurations
The way electrons are arranged in
atoms.
Aufbau principle
- electrons enter the
lowest energy first.
This causes difficulties because of the
overlap of orbitals of different energies.
Pauli Exclusion Principle
- at most 2
Electron Configuration
Hund’s Rule
- When electrons
occupy orbitals of equal energy
they don’t pair up until they have to.
Let’s determine the electron
configuration for Phosphorus
The first two electrons
go into the 1s orbital
Notice the opposite
spins
only 13 more to go...
The next electrons
go into the 2s orbital
only 11 more...
• The next electrons go
into the 2p orbital
• only 5 more...
• The next electrons go into the 3s orbital
• only 3 more...
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2s 3s 4s 5s 6s 7s 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 3d 4d 5d 7p 6d 4f 5f• The last three electrons go into the 3p orbitals. • They each go into
separate shapes
The easy way to remember
1s
2s 2p
3s 3p 3d
4s 4p 4d 4f
5s 5p 5d 5f
6s 6p 6d 6f
7s 7p 7d 7f
• 1s
2Fill from the bottom up
following the arrows
1s
2s 2p
3s 3p 3d
4s 4p 4d 4f
5s 5p 5d 5f
6s 6p 6d 6f
7s 7p 7d 7f
• 1s
22s
2Fill from the bottom up
following the arrows
1s
2s 2p
3s 3p 3d
4s 4p 4d 4f
5s 5p 5d 5f
6s 6p 6d 6f
7s 7p 7d 7f
• 1s
22s
22p
63s
2Fill from the bottom up
following the arrows
1s
2s 2p
3s 3p 3d
4s 4p 4d 4f
5s 5p 5d 5f
6s 6p 6d 6f
7s 7p 7d 7f
• 1s
22s
22p
63s
23p
64s
2Fill from the bottom up
following the arrows
1s
2s 2p
3s 3p 3d
4s 4p 4d 4f
5s 5p 5d 5f
6s 6p 6d 6f
7s 7p 7d 7f
• 1s
22s
22p
63s
23p
64s
23d
104p
65s
2Fill from the bottom up
following the arrows
1s
2s 2p
3s 3p 3d
4s 4p 4d 4f
5s 5p 5d 5f
6s 6p 6d 6f
7s 7p 7d 7f
• 1s
22s
22p
63s
23p
64s
23d
104p
65s
24d
105p
66s
2Fill from the bottom up
following the arrows
1s
2s 2p
3s 3p 3d
4s 4p 4d 4f
5s 5p 5d 5f
6s 6p 6d 6f
7s 7p 7d 7f
• 1s
22s
22p
63s
2Fill from the bottom up
following the arrows
1s
2s 2p
3s 3p 3d
4s 4p 4d 4f
5s 5p 5d 5f
6s 6p 6d 6f
7s 7p 7d 7f
• 1s
22s
22p
63s
23p
64s
23d
104p
65s
24d
105p
66s
24f
145d
106p
67s
25f
146d
107p
6Orbitals fill in order
Lowest energy to higher energy.
Adding electrons can change the
energy of the orbital.
Half filled orbitals have a lower
energy.
Makes them more stable.
Write these electron
configurations
Titanium - 22 electrons
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d2
Vanadium - 23 electrons
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d3
Chromium - 24 electrons
Chromium is actually:
1s
22s
22p
63s
23p
64s
13d
5
Why?
This gives us two half filled orbitals.
Slightly lower in energy.
The same principal applies to
Copper’s electron
configuration
Copper has 29 electrons so we
expect: 1s
22s
22p
63s
23p
64s
23d
9
But the actual configuration is:
1s
22s
22p
63s
23p
64s
13d
10
This gives one filled orbital and one
half filled orbital.
Explanation of atomic spectra
When we write electron
configurations, we are writing the
lowest energy.
The energy level, and where the
Changing the energy
Changing the energy
Heat or electricity or light can move the
Changing the energy
As the electron falls back to ground
May fall down in steps
Each with a different energy
{
{
Further they fall, more energy, higher
frequency.
This is simplified
the orbitals also have different energies
inside energy levels
All the electrons can move around.
Heisenberg Uncertainty
Principle
-It is impossible to know exactly the
location and velocity of a particle.
The better we know one, the less
we know the other.
Measuring changes the properties.
More obvious with the very
small
To measure where a electron is, we
use light.
But the light moves the electron
And hitting the electron changes the
Moving Electron
Photon
Before
Electron Changes velocity
Photon changes wavelength
References
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