3.0: The Quantum World

Unit Objectives

By the end of this unit, you should be able to:

• Explain the basic behavior of waves, including travelling waves and standing waves
• Describe the wave nature of light
• Use appropriate equations to calculate related light-wave properties such as period, frequency, wavelength, and energy
• Distinguish between line and continuous emission spectra
• Describe the particle nature of light
• Describe the Bohr model of the hydrogen atom
• Use the Rydberg equation to calculate energies of light emitted or absorbed by hydrogen atoms