-What are the four quantum numbers for an atom.
-Compare Y and R with Y from the electron in a box case.
-What is the Bohr atomic radius? Using figures in the text, determine this value for 1s, 2s, and 2p.
-How does the voltage potential change for atoms other than H?
-How do you know the formation of H2 is favorable?
-What is the LCAO method?
-Study Fig. 4.2. Which state is more likely to have electrons in it?
-Why is He2 unlikely?
-What is a node and why does a wavefunction have higher energy if it has more "nodes"?
-Explain the difference between the band being full to the half-energy point and half the energy states being full. Which one is correct?
-What is the Fermi energy? It is measured with respect to what?
-Compare this sections work function with the one we talked about in the photoelectric effect. Are they the same?
-Describe sp3 hybridization.
-Why is YB less than YA in Fig. 4.17?
-What is a hole and how is it made?
-What is the difference in band structure between a metal and a semiconductor?
-Why is the line n'2 sketched in Fig. 4.21 and 4.22?
-Where does the 1/8 term come from in the equation on the bottom of page 260?
-Follow the derivation of Eq. 4.9. Make sure you understand each step.
-Use Eq. 4.10 to explain Fig. 4.20.
Important terms you should know
-bonding orbital
-antibonding orbital
-node
-energy band
-Fermi energy
-work function
-sp3 hybridization
-valence band
-conduction band
-band gap energy
-effective mass