Chapter Objectives
Chapter 7 - Quantum Theory & Atomic Structure -
Sections 7.1-7.4

Be able to describe the characteristics of electromagnetic radiation in terms of amplitude, frequency, wavelength and speed.
- Assigned problems: 7.1, 7.2
Be able to describe how particles and waves differ with respect to refraction, diffraction and interference.
- Assigned problems: 7.3
Be able to describe the quantization of energy and relate this to the absorption and emission of light energy by atoms and be able to calculate the energy of a photon.
- Sample problems: 7.2
- Assigned problems: 7.4, 7.6, 7.64
Be able to explain the photoelectric effect, first proposed by Einstein, and how it relates to particle-like (photon) behavior of light energy.
- Assigned problems: 7.5, 7.6

Be able to interconvert between wavelength and frequency.
- Sample problem: 7.1
- Assigned problems: 7.8, 7.10, 7.13, 7.14, 7.85
Be able to calcualte the energy of a photon from its wavelength.
- Sample problems: 7.2
- Assigned problems: 7.11

Be able to describe Bohr’s theory of the atom and how it was able to explain the line spectrum for the hydrogen atom.
- Assigned problems: 7.17, 7.18, 7.20, 7.21, 7.22

Be able to find the energy change and wavelength a photon absorbed or emited when an H atom's electron changes energy level.
- Sample problem: 7.3
- Assigned problems: 7.23, 7.26, 7.27, 7.29, 7.34
7.3 - The Wave-Particle Duality of Matter and Energy

Be able to explain the wave-particle duality of matter and energy and the relevant theories and experiments that let to it (de Broglie wavelength, electron diffraction, photon momentum).
- Assigned problems 7.35, 7.37
Be able to describe Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle and how it limits our knowledge about electrons in atoms.

Be able to apply de Broglie's equation to find the wavelength of an electron or other object.
- Sample problem: 7.4
- Assigned problems: 7.39, 7.41, 7.68, 7.89
Be able to apply the uncertainty principle to see that the location and speed of a particle cannot be determined simultaneously
- Sample problem 7.5
  7.4 - The Quantum_Mechanical Model of the Atom

Be able to describe and distinguish between ψ, the wavefunction for an atomic orbital, and ψ², the probability density function for an atomic orbital.
- Assigned problems: 7.45
Be able to describe how the electron density diagrams and radial probability distribution plots depict the electron location within an atom.
- Assigned problem: 7.47
Be able to discuss how the hierarchy of the quantum number describe the size, shape and orientation of an atomic orbital.
- Assigned problem: 7.48
Be able to distinguish between a shell (an energy level), a subshell (a sub energy level), and an orbital.
- Assigned problem: 7.48
Be able to describe the shapes and nodes for the s, p, and d orbitals.
- Assigned problem: 7.48

Be able to determine quantum numbers and sublevel designations .
- Sample problems 7.6, 7.7, 7.8
- Assigned problems: 7.49, 7.51, 7.53, 7.55, 7.57, 7.78