A nitrogen molecule is confined in a cubic box of volume 1.00 m3. (i) Assuming that the molecule has an energy equal to 3/2kT at T = 300 K, what is the value of n = (nx2 + ny2 + nz2)1/2 for this molecule? (ii) What is the energy separation between the levels n and n + 1? (iii) What is the de Broglie wavelength of the molecule?

A nitrogen molecule is confined in a cubic box of volume 1.00 m3. (i) Assuming that the molecule has an energy equal to 3/2kT at T = 300 K, what is the value of n = (nx2 + ny2 + nz2)1/2 for this molecule? (ii) What is the energy separation between the levels n and n + 1? (iii) What is the de Broglie wavelength of the molecule?

Principles of Modern Chemistry

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Chapter20: Molecular Spectroscopy And Photochemistry

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