3.0: The Quantum World
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- 210678
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
Thumbnail: 3D views of some the 2s atomic orbitals showing probability density and phase. (CC BY-AS 4.0; Geek3).