Review Material For Exam #3
Review Material For Exam #3
Review Material For Exam #3
1. Radio waves for Rocket 101 are emitted at a frequency of 100.9 MHz (or s –1). Calculate
the wavelength, in m, of this radiation.
2. Light with a wavelength of 465 nm lies in the blue region of the visible spectrum.
Calculate the frequency of this light. What is the energy associated with this
wavelength?
3. The green line in the atomic spectrum of thallium has a wavelength of 535 nm.
Calculate the energy of 2.00 moles of photons of this light.
4. The electron in the 5th energy level of Be3+ goes down to the first level. Calculate:
6. State whether the following are valid sets of quantum numbers and if not why:
n ℓ mℓ ms
a. 2 0 0 +1/2
b. 1 1 –1 –1/2
c. 3 2 –2 +1/2
d. 2 1 0 –1/2
e. 2 0 1 –1/2
f. 4 2 –3 +1/2
g. –4 1 0 +1/2
7. Draw the shapes (including the orientation) of all the s, p and d orbitals.
9. What is the atomic number and the complete ground state electron configuration of the
yet undiscovered element directly below Fr in the periodic table?
a. N3– b. N5+ c. O d. C e. P
13. On the basis of their position on the periodic table, select the atom with the larger atomic
radius in each of the following pairs:
a. Na, Cs e. Ne, Xe
b. Be, Ba f. Na, P
c. N, Sb g. K, Ge
d. F, Br h. Al, Cl
14. Explain why it is unusual for IE1 of S to be lower then IE1 of P. Give a possible
explanation.
a. 3+ ion: 1s22s22p6
b. 3+ ion: 1s22s22p63s23p63d3
c. 2+ ion: 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d10
d. 2– ion: 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p6
16. Write the reaction of each of the oxides with water: K2O, MgO, P2O5, SO2, CO2.
17. Use a Born-Haber Cycle to calculate the missing energy (bold) of the following:
18. Draw the best Lewis structure of each of the following. Include all lone-pair electrons
and non-zero formal charges on each atom:
CCl4, PH3, O3, CO32–, NO3–, H2CO, C2H4, N2, SiF4, HCN, NH4+