Properties of the Radial Functions©
George M. Shalhoub Department of Chemistry La Salle University Philadelphia, PA 19141-1199 United States mail to: shalhoub@lasalle.edu
Abstract
In this document students practice using the hydrogen like radial functions. The exercises lead from normalization of the function through variation of the Z term and comparison of the radial functions for different type orbitals. Ample exercises lead the student to a full understanding of the radial function and the radial distribution function. The concepts of shielding and penetration are included along with practice using the Slater Rules for shielding of nuclear charge. The document ends with a closure activity in which students are asked to apply the concepts to assess the type of bonding found in SF6. See also the document Radial Distributions Functions for Hydrogen-like Orbitals written by Flick Coleman.
Keywords
Audiences: Upper-Division Undergraduate Pedagogies: Computer-Based Learning Domains: Physical Chemistry Topics: Mathematics / Symbolic Mathematics, Quantum Chemistry
Documents
File Name Description Software Type Software Version Radial2001i.mcd Mathcad 2001i Computational Document Mathcad 2001i Radial8new.mcd Mathcad 8 Computational Document Mathcad 8 radialGS.nb Mathematica Computational Document Mathematica Radial2001i.pdf Read-Only Document for Mathcad. radialGSnb.pdf Read-Only Document for Mathematica.
Comments to: George M. Shalhoub at shalhoub@lasalle.edu.
©Copyright George M. Shalhoub, 1997-2003. All rights reserved. You are welcome to use this document in your own classes but commercial use is not allowed without the permission of the author.