Consider an Ar atom trapped in square box with length 1 m. Assume that the energy of the Ar atom is equal to thermal energy: 3kBT/2 at 25 degrees C. a) Use the model of a particle in a box and assume the particle is at the state: n = nx = ny = nz, calculate n of the above system. b) What is the energy separation between the states (n, n, n) and (n + 1, n, n).  c) Assume that all the energy of the particle is from kinetic energy. Calculate the de Broglie wavelength of the particle.

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Consider an Ar atom trapped in square box with length 1 m. Assume that the energy of the Ar atom is equal to thermal energy: 3kBT/2 at 25 degrees C.

a) Use the model of a particle in a box and assume the particle is at the state: n = nx = ny = nz, calculate n of the above system.

b) What is the energy separation between the states (n, n, n) and (n + 1, n, n). 

c) Assume that all the energy of the particle is from kinetic energy. Calculate the de Broglie wavelength of the particle. 

d) Based on your answers above, would you treat this particle classically or quantumly? Explain your answer. 

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