STUDY TOPICS : CHAPTER 8 - ELECTRONS IN ATOMS

1. ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FREQUENCY, WAVELENGTH, VELOCITY, ENERGY,

QUANTUM THEORY
2. THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT PARTICLE-LIKE BEHAVIOR OF LIGHT, THRESHOLD
FREQUENCY
3. ATOMIC SPECTRA EMISSION AND ABSORPTION SPECTRA, ELECTRON EXCITATION
AND RELAXATION,GROUND AND EXCITED STATES, ENERGY DIAGRAMS,
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN ENERGY LEVELS AND RADIATION
4. BOHR MODEL OF ATOMS - VALIDITY FOR SINGLE ELECTRON SYSTEMS, INFLUENCE
OF NUCLEAR CHARGE
5. QUANTUM MECHANICS DE BROGLIES EQUATION, THE HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY
PRINCIPLE, PARTICLE-IN-A-BOX MODEL OF WAVE FUNCTIONS WAVE FUNCTIONS VS
ELECTRON PROBABILITY, NODES; SCHRODINGER EQUATION FOR THREE
DIMENSIONS
6. ATOMIC ORBITALS ENERGY LEVELS,SHELLS AND SUBSHELLS, QUANTUM
NUMBERS, THREE DIMENSIONAL PROBABILITY FUNCTIONS, NODES, DEGENERACY
7. ELECTRONS SPIN QUANTUM NUMBERS, SHIELDING, CONFIGURATION IN MULTI
ELECTRON SPECIES
8. ELECTRON CONFIGURATION PAULI EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE, HUNDS RULE, THE
AUFBAU PROCESS, THE PERIODIC TABLE, CONDENSED AND EXTENDED FORMS OF
ELECTRON CONFIGURATIONS, VALENCE ELECTRONS