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If the electron in a hydrogen atom obeyed classical mechanics instead of quantum mechanics would it emit a continuous spectrum or a line spectrum?
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In some text books on physical chemistry it is stated that if an electron followed the classical laws of mechanics it would continue to emit energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation until it fell to the nucleus. It is not sensible to consider the spectrum of emitted electromagnetic radiation because its wavelength is a function of the Schrodinger equation under the influence of the Hamilton operator. So my only have desecrate values. A classical picture of the atom would not obey the Schrodinger equation so there is no way of predicting the way it would emit energy.
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Inadequacies of classical mechanics in schrodinger's equation?
stability of atoms line spectrum of hydrogen atom compton effect photoelectric effect black body radiation
The classical picture of the hydrogen atom has a single electron in orbit a distance 0.0529 rm nm from the proton?
Remember always that the classical picture of the hydrogen atom is wrong, completely wrong, totally wrong in nearly every possible way. Other than that, yeah, half an Angstrom is about right for the Bohr radius of hydrogen.
What are the Electron Configuration of hydrogen?
Hydrogen electron configuration will be 1s1.
Where classical mechanics fails and quantum mechanics aeises?
Numerous places: 1) photo-electric effect. 2) black-body radiation spectrum. 3) spectrum of hydrogen emissions. 4) interference patterns of electrons through a slit. 5) compton scattering. All of the above can be easily explained by the existence of 'quanta,' but are impossible to explain through purely classical means.
Can hydrogen serve as the final electron acceptor of the electron transport chain?
No. Hydrogen's electronegativity is too weak. At 2.5 hydrogen does not have the electronegativity to pull electrons down the electron transport chain.
If the electron in a hydrogen atom obeyed classical mechanic instead of quantum mechanics?
It would spiral into the nucleus, emitting x-rays all the way in. Matter would collapse.
Inadequacies of classical mechanics in schrodinger?
stability of atoms line spectrum of hydrogen atom compton effect photoelectric effect black body radiation
Inadequacies of classical mechanics in schrodinger's equation?
stability of atoms line spectrum of hydrogen atom compton effect photoelectric effect black body radiation
The classical picture of the hydrogen atom has a single electron in orbit a distance 0.0529 rm nm from the proton?
Remember always that the classical picture of the hydrogen atom is wrong, completely wrong, totally wrong in nearly every possible way. Other than that, yeah, half an Angstrom is about right for the Bohr radius of hydrogen.
Find the frequency of revolution of electron in the classical model of the hydrogen atom In what region of the spectrum are electromagnetic waves of this frequency?
6.6´1015 Hz, ultraviolet
Hydrogen sometimes is ________________ an electron and sometimes it has an _____________ electron.?
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What are drawbacks of classical free electron theory?
The classical free electorn theory is not able to explain conductivity for semiconducter and insulators
What are the Electron Configuration of hydrogen?
Hydrogen electron configuration will be 1s1.
Classical physics CANNOT explain why?
There are many examples of what classical physics can not explain. (By classical physics we mean that which has its theoretical foundations before about 1900.) Quantum mechanics is absent from classical physics. Classical physics can not explain why atoms (positive nucleus attracted to surrounding electrons) is stable. Even the simplest atom, a hydrogen atom, would be unstable and the electron orbiting the proton would gradually radiate its energy and the orbit would decay. The photoelectric effect is an important historical example of the failure of classical physics. In that case, electromagnetic theory said that light was an electromagnetic wave. That was true enough but it does not account for the quantum nature of light and the characteristics that allow a photon to act like a discrete bundle of electromagnetic energy with properties like a particle. Virtually all of our understanding about the atomic structure and properties of matter depends on quantum mechanics, so the example of hydrogen is just symbolic of the need for modern physics for the entirety of our understanding about electronic properties of matter. One can choose to define classical physics to include relativity or not as one wishes, but it is fair to say that Newtonian mechanics does not explain relativistic mechanics. In particular, time dilation and length contraction are purely relativistic effects.
What is the difference between hydrogen and an electron?
Hydrogen is an element, the electron is a subatomic particle.
What has one electron?
Hydrogen
What are the orbits of hydrogen?
Hydrogen only has one electron orbit, as it only has one electron.
