CHM 1240 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.6-1.7: Photon, Covalent Bond
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A movingparticles exhibit theproperties of a wave ofaphoton isproportionalto the. Theproportionality constant inthis equation is h for 1923 louis de broglie advancedtheidea thatif light exhibits theproperties ofparticles in motion then a particle in motion shouldexhibit thepropertiesofa wave. D wavelength speed lvelocity has an associated bythegivenequation b mv. D the de broglie relationship themathematicalequation that describes a wave is called the wave equation. Node is anypoint where the valueof a solutionof a wave equation is zero. Quantum mechanics wavemechanics isthe branchof science thatstudiesparticles and theirassociated waves. Wavefunctions a solution to a setof equationsthat definestheenergyof an electron in an atom and the regionof space it mayoccupy. Molecularorbital mo theory atheoryof chemicalbonding in which electrons in moleculesoccupymolecular orbitals that extend over the entiremolecule and areformedby the combination of the atomicorbitals that makeup the molecule a a combinationby addition a combination by subtroution. Antibondingmolecularorbital electronshave a higher energy thanthey would in isolated atomic.