1. The diagram below shows the energy of a diatomic molecule as a function of the separation between the atoms, R.

electronic excited state

A
energy, V (R)

electronic ground state

C D

R
Which dashed line marks the dened zero, V (R) = 0, for the electronic energy of the diatomic? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E 2. If a hydrogen atom in the rst excited state (n = 2) relaxes to the ground state (n = 1) it will emit a photon to conserve energy. Which of the following is closest to the wavelength () of the emitted photon? For the quantized energy levels of a 1 hydrogen atom use the approximation n = (1 105 cm1 ) n 2 . (a) 75 nm (b) 133 nm (c) 225 nm (d) 500 nm (e) 667 nm (f) 1000 nm

3. You have a diatomic molecule. You measure the bond dissociation energy and nd that it is D0 = 400 kJ mol1 . You measure the vibrational frequency using IR absorption and nd that there is an absorption line at = 2000 cm1 . What is the approximate electronic energy, De , of the bond in this molecule? (a) 200.0 kJ mol1 (b) 387.4 kJ mol1 (c) 400.0 kJ mol1 (d) 412.6 kJ mol1 (e) 425.2 kJ mol1 (f) 440.0 kJ mol1 4. Convert = 1000 cm1 to kJ mol1 using the following values for standard constants: h = 6.626 1034 J s, c = 2.99 108 m s1 , NA = 6.022 1023 mol1 . (a) 1.08 103 kJ mol1 (b) 1.08 102 kJ mol1 (c) 1.08 101 kJ mol1 (d) 1.08 kJ mol1 (e) 12.0 kJ mol1 (f) 108 kJ mol1 (g) 1080 kJ mol1 5. A ground-state hydrogen atom absorbs a photon of light that has a wavelength of 97.2 nm. It then gives o a photon that has a wavelength of 486 nm. What is the nal state of the hydrogen atom (n =?). (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) 2.3 (f) 8 (g) 15 6. Given that = 2330 cm1 and D0 = 78715 cm1 for N2 (g), calculate the value of De . Note that the value of is the position of an absorption peak in the IR/Raman spectrum of N2 . This means that it is equal to the gap between quantized vibrational levels. (Hint: See the lecture slide titled Dissociation Energy ) (a) 39940 cm1 (b) 81045 cm1

(c) 77540 cm1 (d) 78715 cm1 (e) 97560 cm1 (f) 79880 cm1 7. The energy dierence between the J = 0 and J = 1 rotational levels of carbon monoxide (12 C16 O(g)) is = 1.153 105 MHz. Calculate the energy dierence between J = 0 and J = 2 and give the answer in cm1 . (a) 2.306 105 cm1 (b) 0.0116 cm1 (c) 11.6 cm1 (d) 3.459 1011 cm1 (e) 11.6 102 cm1 (f) 3.468 1010 cm1 8. Calculate the degeneracy of the rst 4 rotational levels of carbon monoxide: (a) 0,1,3,5 (b) 0,2,4,6 (c) (1,1),(3,3) (d) 1,3,6,9 (e) 2,3,5,8 (f) 1,3,5,7 (g) Cannot be determined, there are only three rotational levels possible. (h) 1,2,3,4 9. Determine the number of various (translational, rotational, vibrational) degrees of freedom of N2 : (a) 3,2,1 (b) 6,2,1 (c) 3,3,0 (d) 3,1,2 (e) 5,3,1 (f) 6,1,1 (g) 6,2,2 10. Determine the number of various (translational, rotational, vibrational) degrees of freedom of C2 H6 :

(a) 3,3,15 (b) 3,3,18 (c) 18,3,3 (d) 15,3,18 (e) 3,3,24 (f) 24,3,3 (g) 3,2,19 (h) 3,2,17