What is the probability of finding a 1s hydrogen electron at distance r > aB from the proton?
Ch 41: Atomic Physics
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Capitolo 41, Problema 44b
Suppose you put five electrons into a 0.50-nm-wide one-dimensional rigid box (i.e., an infinite potential well). What is the ground-state energy—that is, the total energy of all five electrons in the ground-state configuration?
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Understand the problem: We are dealing with a one-dimensional infinite potential well (rigid box) of width 0.50 nm. The task is to calculate the total ground-state energy of five electrons, considering the Pauli exclusion principle and the quantized energy levels of the system.
Recall the energy levels for a particle in a one-dimensional infinite potential well: The energy of the nth quantum state is given by the formula: , where is Planck's constant, is the mass of the particle (electron in this case), and is the width of the box.
Apply the Pauli exclusion principle: Electrons are fermions, so no two electrons can occupy the same quantum state. Each energy level can hold two electrons (one with spin up and one with spin down). For five electrons, the first two will occupy the n=1 level, the next two will occupy the n=2 level, and the fifth electron will occupy the n=3 level.
Calculate the energy for each occupied level: Use the formula for to calculate the energy of the n=1, n=2, and n=3 levels. Multiply the energy of each level by the number of electrons occupying that level (2 for n=1, 2 for n=2, and 1 for n=3).
Sum the energies: Add the contributions from all occupied levels to find the total ground-state energy of the system. This will give you the total energy of the five electrons in the ground-state configuration.

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