Assignment 01 PDF
Assignment 01 PDF
Q1. (A) Calculate the size of the quantum (energy in kJ mol-1) involved in the excitation of i) a
molecular vibration of period 10-14 s, ii) a pendulum of period 1 s. [4+3 = 7]
(B) What is the de Broglie wavelength of i) a helium atom in a container at 298 K (assume kinetic
energy of the atom is 3/2 kT), ii) an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 kV?
[4 + 4 = 8]
Q2. (A) Find the normalization constant for the wavefunction “xexp(-r/2a0)” in three dimensional
space. (Note: r = 0 to ∞ ; ϕ = 0 to 2π; = 0 to π; dτ = r2 sin dr d dϕ and
∞ 𝑛!
∫0 𝑥 𝑛 𝑒 −𝑎𝑥 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑎𝑛+1 ). [7]
(B) Particle in a box wavefunctions are not the eigenfunctions of the momentum operator;
however, we can determine the average/expectation values for the momentum. Find <p y> = the
average/expectation value for the y-component of momentum, for the 3-D wavefunction
Q3. (A) A normalized hybrid orbital 𝜙ℎ𝑦𝑏 is expressed in terms of normalized atomic orbitals,
𝜙2𝑠 , and 𝜙2𝑝𝑧 as 𝜙ℎ𝑦𝑏 = 𝑐2𝑠 𝜙2𝑠 + 𝑐2𝑝𝑧 𝜙2𝑝𝑧 . Determine the coefficients 𝑐2𝑠 and 𝑐2𝑝𝑧 if the
hybridization of 𝜙ℎ𝑦𝑏 is (i) 𝑠𝑝 (ii) 𝑠𝑝2 . [4+4]
(B) Two (of the several) hybrid orbitals generated from linear combination of orthonormal atomic
1 √3
orbitals are expressed as: 𝜙𝑎 = 2 𝜙2𝑠 + 𝜙2𝑝𝑧
2
1 1 2
𝜙𝑏 = 𝜙2𝑠 − 𝜙2𝑝𝑧 + √ 𝜙2𝑝𝑧
2 √12 3