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The ELECTRON: Wave – Particle Duality
Graphic: www.lab-initio.com
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The Dilemma of the Atom
• Electrons outside the nucleus are attracted to the protons in the nucleus
• Charged particles moving in curved paths lose energy
• What keeps the atom from collapsing?
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Wave-Particle DualityJJ Thomson won the Nobel prize for describing the electron as a particle.
His son, George Thomson won the Nobel prize for describing the wave-like nature of the electron.
The electron
is a particle!
The electron is an energy
wave!
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The Wave-like Electron
Louis deBroglie
The electron propagates through space as an
energy wave. To understand the atom, one must understand
the behavior of electromagnetic waves.
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c = c = speed of light, a constant (3.00 x 108 m/s)
= frequency, in units of hertz (hz, sec-1) = wavelength, in meters
Electromagnetic radiation propagates through space as a wave moving at the speed of light.
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E = h
E = Energy, in units of Joules (kg·m2/s2)
h = Planck’s constant (6.626 x 10-34 J·s)
= frequency, in units of hertz (hz, sec-1)
The energy (E ) of electromagnetic radiation is directly proportional to the frequency () of the radiation.
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Long Wavelength
=Low Frequency
=Low ENERGY
Short Wavelength
=High
Frequency=
High ENERGY
Wavelength Table
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Answering the Dilemma of the Atom
• Treat electrons as waves• As the electron moves toward the
nucleus, the wavelength shortens• Shorter wavelength = higher
energy• Higher energy = greater distance
from the nucleus
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The Electromagnetic Spectrum
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This produces bandsof light with definite wavelengths.
Electron transitionsinvolve jumps of
definite amounts ofenergy.
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Electron Energy in Hydrogen
2
21810178.2
n
ZJxEelectron
***Equation works only for atoms or ions with 1 electron (H, He+, Li2+, etc).
Z = nuclear charge (atomic number)
n = energy level
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Calculating Energy Change, E, for
Electron Transitions
2
2
2
21810178.2
initialfinal n
Z
n
ZJxE
Energy must be absorbed from a photon (+E) to move an electron away from the nucleus
Energy (a photon) must be given off (-E) when an electron moves toward the nucleus
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…produces a “bright line” spectrum
Spectroscopic analysis of the hydrogen spectrum…
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Flame Tests
strontium sodium lithium potassium copper
Many elements give off characteristic light which can be used to help identify them.