Quantum States Question Collections
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Quantum States Chapters / Projected Number of Questions

1

Spectroscopy - the Stepping Stone to Quantum Mechanics / 60
Wave Properties
Electromagnetic Spectrum
What is a Spectrum?

2

The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics / 74
Photoelectric Effect
Blackbody Radiation
Ultraviolet Catastrophe
Hydrogen-like Ions
Energy Levels

3

The Schrödinger Equation / 85
Expection Value
Orthogonality
Overlap
Differential Equations
Distributions

4

Electronic Spectroscopy of Cyanine Dyes (Particle-in-a-Box) / 137
Quantum Expressions
Transition Moments
Dye Spectra
PIB Approximations
Selection Rules
HOMO/LUMO

5

Translational States / 18
Differential Equation Solution
Free Particle Momentum Operator

6

Vibrational States / 145
Normal Modes
Oscillator Position
Wavefunctions
Cartesian/Displacement Coordinates
Center of Mass

7

Rotational States / 101
Operators
Transition Moment
Angular Momentum
Rotational Transition
Energy Level Diagram

8

The Hydrogen Atom / 135
Selection Rules
Angular Momentum
Energy Levels
Orbital Identity
Quantum Numbers
Function Types

9

Electronic States of Multielectron Atoms / 119
Multielectron Hamiltonian
Pauli Exclusion Principle
STOs
Slater Determinant
Operators
Variational Principle

10

Theories of Electronic Molecular Structure / 74
Principles
Operators
Variation Principle
Perturbation Theory
MO Diagrams
Electron Configuration