CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 2
Question 1
(a) FIGURE 2 shows the Lyman series of hydrogen emission spectrum.
i. Explain why each successive line becomes closer to the previous one until the lines form a continuum
ii. Calculate the frequency of the light that produces line Q.
(b) Elements M has 15 protons.
i. Write the electronic configuration of M 3- .
ii. Give a set of quantum numbers for an electron in the 3s orbital. State two differences between 2s and 3s orbitals.
Question 2
(a) Figure below shows the line spectrum of a Paschen series.
Calculate the frequency of line A.
(b) Given the proton number of copper is 29.
i. Write the expected and the observed valence electronic configuration of the copper in the form of orbital diagram.
ii. Explain the deviation between the expected and the observed valence electronic configuration of copper.
iii. Give the set of quantum number in the for the valence electron that occupy the s orbital of copper.
Question 3
(a) An electron of a hydrogen atom undergoes a transition to produce a line in the Paschen series with a wavelength of 1094 nm.
i. State the region of the electromagnetic spectrum for the above wavelength
ii. Determine the energy level of the excited state for this transition. State the transition involved to form the emission spectrum
(b) Arsenic is famously known as the "King of Poisons" due to its historic use in murders and its odourless, tasteless nature.
i. Write the electronic configuration of the valence electrons for arsenic, As.
ii. Give a set of quantum numbers of one valence electron in the s orbital in b(i).
(c) Draw and label one of the three-dimensional shapes of d orbitals where electron occupied the space that lies on the axes.
Question 4
(a) Calculate the ionisation energy of hydrogen atom in kJ mol-1.
(b) (i) State Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
(ii) Give one Bohr’s postulate that is contradictory to the above principle.
(c) Two orbital diagrams for the electronic configurations shown below are not allowed. State the principles that are not obeyed and explain.
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