Quiz on Quantum Mechanical Treatment of the Hydrogen Atom

What forms the basis of understanding larger molecules?

• Hydrogen atom orbitals

• Coulomb's Law

• Proton mass

• Electron charge

What is the charge of the electron?

• Variable

• Neutral

• Negative

• Positive

What does the quantum mechanical treatment of the hydrogen atom help explain?

• Chemical bonding

• Nuclear reactions

• Electromagnetism

• Thermodynamics

What is the Hamiltonian operator for the internal energy of the hydrogen atom?

• Kinetic energy only

• Potential energy only

• Both kinetic and potential energy

• Neither

What is the reduced mass in the context of the hydrogen atom?

• None of the above

• Mass of the electron

• Combined mass of proton and electron

• Mass of the proton

In which coordinates is the Schrödinger equation for the hydrogen atom best solved?

• Cylindrical coordinates

• Spherical coordinates

• Polar coordinates

• Cartesian coordinates

What does the Laplacian operator in polar spherical coordinates involve?

• Only radial components

• Only angular components

• Both radial and angular components

• None of the above

What is the total energy of the hydrogen atom dependent on?

• Quantum number n

• Quantum number l

• Quantum number m

• All of the above

What is the energy level of the hydrogen atom when n=1?

• -13.6 eV

• -1.5 eV

• 0 eV

• -3.4 eV

What is the ionization energy of the hydrogen atom?

• 0 kJ/mol

• -500 kJ/mol

• -1000 kJ/mol

• -1311.9 kJ/mol