Unit 4 · Atoms, Spin & Identity
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The Hydrogen Atom & Quantum Numbers
Orbitals, not orbits: the real shape of an atom
Quantum Academy · presented by Dr. Quincy Quantenstein
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The Hydrogen Atom & Quantum Numbers
Orbitals, not orbits: the real shape of an atom
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By the end you'll be able to
- Describe how solving Schrödinger's equation for an electron in the proton's Coulomb potential produces the energies Eₙ = −13.6 eV/n² and three quantum numbers
- State the allowed values of n, l, mₗ and mₛ, and use them to list and count the states of any level, including the n² and 2n² degeneracies
- Name the s, p, d and f orbitals, describe their shapes, and count their radial and angular nodes
- Interpret an orbital as a probability cloud rather than a path or a container, and show that the 1s electron's most probable distance is the Bohr radius, 0.0529 nm
- Explain how fine structure and the Zeeman effect exposed relativity and electron spin, and calculate a simple Zeeman splitting
- Connect hydrogen's shells and subshells to the structure of the periodic table