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    THE COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY

    SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES


    DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

    CHEMISTRY (CH 110/ FO 130) TUTORIAL SHEET 6 TERM TWO YEAR 2024

    1. Fill in the gaps in the following table.


    Symbol 59Co3+

    Protons 34 76 80
    Neutrons 46 116 120
    Electron 36 78
    Net Charge 2+

    2. Calculate the energy in joules of an individual photon of red light of frequency 3.57 x
    1014 sec-1
    3. Calculate the wavelength and frequency of the light emitted when there is an electron
    transition in the hydrogen atom from n = 4 to n = 2.
    4. Calculate the energy required to move an electron from n = 2 to n = 3 principal
    energy levels of the hydrogen atom.
    5. State the postulates of the Bohr Theory and the major deficiency of the theory.
    6. What is the de Broglie wavelength of a 50 kg person jogging at a speed of 2.70 m/s?
    7. Differentiate orbits and orbitals. Which atomic model are they derived from?
    8. (a) List the four quantum numbers, tell what each identifies and state the values that
    each may assume
    (b) On a single Cartesian coordinate axes, sketch the shapes of the three p orbitals.
    Label them px, p y and pz.
    (c) Sketch the shapes of s and p orbitals. How are p orbitals oriented in relation to one
    another?
    9. Which of the following electronic configurations represent the ground state and which
    ones represent the excited state electronic configuration? In each case justify your
    answer.
    (a) 1s2 2s2 2p3
    (b) 1s2 2s2 3p1
    (c) 1s1 2s2 2p4 3s2
    (d) 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p5 3d10 4s2
    10. Give the values of the quantum numbers (n, l, ml) associated with the following orbitals:
    (a) 2s (b) 3p (c) 5d
    11. List all the possible subshells and orbitals associated with the principal quantum
    number, n = 3.
    12. An element x belongs to the fourth period of the Periodic Table. You are asked to
    compare in terms of all the quantum numbers of the following electrons in x:

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    (a) the second and the eleventh electrons
    (b) the fifth and the eighth electrons
    (c) the ninth and the sixteenth electrons
    (d) the eighteenth and nineteenth electrons
    13. Give both the electronic configurations and orbital diagrams for each of the following:
    (a) Zn (b) S2- (c) Cr (d) Cr2+ (e) Cu1+
    14. Write the ground state electronic configuration (spdf) notation for Palladium (Pd) and
    determine:
    (a) the last energy level
    (b) the types of orbitals in the last energy level
    (c) the total number of orbitals in the last energy level
    (d) the number of paired and unpaired electrons in the last energy level
    (e) the sum of electron spin numbers in the last energy level.
    15. Arrange the following species into groups of iso-electronic species.
    Sc3+, N3-, B3+, Rb+, P3-, Ca2+, C4+, Be2+, Mg2+, O2-.
    16. Explain why the ground state electronic configuration for molybdenum (Z=42) and
    silver (Z= 47) are different from what we might expect.
    17. Which atom/ion in each of the following pairs would have lower first ionization energy?
    (i) Al or B (ii) F or N (iii) Mg or Na (iv) Br or Cl (v) Na+ or Mg2+ (vi) Fe2+ or Fe3+
    18. Define each of the following terms and explain their variation in the periodic table:
    (i) Ionization energy (ii) Electron affinity (iii) Electronegativity
    19. Explain the following terms;
    (i) Hunds rule,
    (ii) Heisenberg`s uncertainty principle,
    (iii) Pauli Exclusion principle,
    (iv) Paramagnetic substances,
    (v) Iso-electronic species.

    THE ENDFM2024

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