Talk:General Chemistry/Introduction to Quantum Theory

picture of electromagnetic spectrum
i couldn't find a good picture of the ES. could someone find, or make one? thanks. Hoogli 15:52, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Since this is a general chem book, and introductory, explanations of the symbology used on the charts, diagrams, and illustrations really is necessary. Whoever posted the image should also caption it. Aramis1250 (talk) 04:48, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

More Evidence for a Particle Theory of Energy
Maybe it's just me, but this paragraph made little sense to me.

“If light acted only as a wave, then there should have been a continuous rainbow created by the prism. Instead, there were definite lines created by different wavelengths. This is because electrons release specific wavelengths of light when moving from an excited state to a ground state.”

The first sentence talks about a property of light, suggesting what would be seen if light acted as a wave. The second sentence explains that the definite lines in the spectrum implies light is not a wave. The third sentence then attributes the definite lines to a completely different phenomena, the fact that electrons can only occupy specific orbits and that they may emit photons when changing orbits. It seems to me that the connection between quanta of light and changing electron orbits needs to be expanded.

The phenomenon described in this section is due to the quantized nature of electron orbitals, not the wave/particle nature of light. Perhaps the author was thinking of the slit experiments? Unless someone has other evidence that actually corresponds to light, this section should be deleted or moved. Clockworkcity (discuss • contribs) 19:51, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

went ahead and deleted it, will be covered in the electron section anyway. Clockworkcity (discuss • contribs) 15:51, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Wave Mechanics
Since a discussion of wavelengths is included on this page, it might be helpful to note that quantum mechanics is also known as wave mechanics. https://archive.org/details/prenticehallchem00henr/page/336