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Hon Chemistry 11-15-10 Intro to Quantum Mechanics
Filed Under (Honors Chemistry Notes & Review) by Ms. Skinner on November 15, 2010 and tagged heisenberg's uncertainty principle, quantum mechanics, quantum numbers, schroedinger
HON CHEMISTRY: Great job on quantum mechanics today! We’ll set it up with electrons tomorrow. Don’t worry, it’s supposed to be a little strange, you’ve never heard of this before, right? We’ll go slow again tomorrow and you’ll get it, I promise! 
November 15th, 2010 at 5:46 PM
The video you showed on Friday made MUCH more sense after today. I think I’m semi-getting it.
November 15th, 2010 at 7:53 PM
Why did the electrons behave differently only when being observed directly as shown in the video from last week?
November 15th, 2010 at 8:34 PM
The light is strong enough to move the electrons and caused them to behave differently.
November 16th, 2010 at 12:07 PM
Let me see if I understand this – You cannot see an electron because in order to see you need light. But if you add light (or energy) to an electron, it goes from the ground state to an excited state and moves away. Right?
November 16th, 2010 at 9:02 PM
As confusing as it sounds, that is correct
November 16th, 2010 at 2:39 PM
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
November 16th, 2010 at 6:41 PM
After today, all of this makes much more sense. The way you explained it with the apartment was very helpful. Thanks! I was wondering about the highest occupied energy level. For example,in Be, is the highest occupied energy level 2?
November 16th, 2010 at 7:42 PM
Will – Yes! When they say the highest occupied energy level they mean the outermost energy level.
November 17th, 2010 at 7:23 AM
On our research on the smoke detector, is it okay if we do not have a diagram? I’ve searched and search but can’t find one.
November 17th, 2010 at 3:57 PM
Maddie – Hmmmmm….have you tried http://www.howstuffworks.com? Type in smoke detectors and see what you get. Also, if the description that you have in your article is vivid enough that you can draw your own diagram, that will be okay, but having a diagram, one way or another, is very important.