1. The total number of vibrational degrees of freedom of H2O2 is .
2. For a substance that absorbs light (in the visible region) with wavelength λ = 550 nm, the
corresponding energy absorbed by 1 mole of material corresponds to which of the following?
a) 90 KJ b) 200 J c) 196 KJ d)315 KJ
3. A 0.25 M solution in a test tube with pathlength of 1 cm has an absorbance of 0.075 at 560
nm. a) What is the molar absorptivity of solution? b) What will be the absorbance if the
concentration of solution is 0.65M?
4. Determine the most intense transition for a molecule having B = 5 cm-1 at 1600K.
5. A microscope using suitable photons is employed to locate an electron in an atom within a
distance of 0.1 A . What is the uncertainty involved in the measurement of its velocity?
Massof electron=9.1 X 10-31 Kg.
6. To what speed must a proton be accelerated for it to have a wavelength of 3.0 cm?
7. When light of wavelength 400 nm passes through 2.50 mm of a solution of an absorbing
substance at a concentration 0.717 mmol dm-3, the transmission is 61.5 percent. Calculate the
molar absorption coefficient of the solute at this wavelength and express the answer in cm 2
mol-1
8. Classify the following rotors: (i) CH2=CH2, (ii) SO3, (iii) ClF3, (iv) N2O.
9. An object of mass 1.0 g suspended from the end of a spring has a vibrational frequency of
10.0 Hz. Calculate the force constant of the spring.
10. Find the energy of an electron moving in one dimension in an infinitely high potential box
of width 0.1 nm.
11. Calculate the minimum energy of an electron can possessed in an infinitely deep
potential well of width 4 nm.
12. An electron is trapped in a one-dimensional box of length 0.1 nm. Calculate the energy
required to excite the electron from its ground state to the sixth excited state.
13. For HCI = 1.63 x 10-27 kg, the observed frequency = 2890 or v = 8.67 x 1013 Hz. What
is the force constant K?
14. What is the order of decreasing vibrational frequency for C — Cl, C — Br, C — C, C
— O and C — H?
15. What is the correct increasing order of stretching frequencies for C ≡ C, C = C and C
— C?
16. A solution of thickness 3 cm transmits 30% incident light. Calculate the concentration
of the solution given that molar absorptivity is 4000dm3mol-1cm-1
17. Calculate the energy per photon and the energy per mole of photons for radiation of
wavelength (i) 200nm (ultraviolet), (ii) 150 pm (X-ray), (iii) 1.00 cm (microwave).
18. Calculate the speed to which a stationary 4He atom (mass 4.0026mu) would be
accelerated if it absorbed each of the photons used in question no 17.
19. An unnormalized wavefunction for an electron in a carbon nanotube of length L is
sin(2πx/L). Normalize this wavefunction.
20. Rotational absorption lines from 1H35Cl gas were found at the following wavenumbers
(R.L. Hausler and R.A. Oetjen, J. Chem. Phys. 21, 1340 (1953)): 83.32, 104.13, 124.73, 145.37,
165.89, 186.23, 206.60, 226.86 cm−1. Calculate the moment of inertia and the bond length of
the molecule. Predict the positions of the corresponding lines in 2H35Cl.
21. How many normal modes of vibration are there for the following molecules: (i) C6H6,
(ii) C6H5H3, (iii) HC≡C–C≡C–H?
22. The molar absorption coefficient of a substance dissolved in hexane is known to be 227
dm3mol−1 cm−1 at 290nm. Calculate the percentage reduction in intensity when light of that
wavelength passes through 2.00mm of a solution of concentration 2.52mmol dm−3
23. A 5.00mm cell was filled with a solution of a dye. The concentration of the dye was
18.5mmol dm−3. Calculate the molar absorption coefficient of the dye at this wavelength given
that the transmission was 29 per cent. What will the transmittance be in a 2.50mm cell at the
same wavelength?
24. A solution of 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP) has an absorbance of 1.50 at 400 nm in a 1 cm
cuvette. What is the molar extinction coefficient of DNP at 400 nm?
25. A solution of 1,4-dinitrobenzene in water has an absorption maximum at 298 nm with
an extinction coefficient of 17,500 L/mol cm. What is the molar concentration of the solution
if the absorbance at 298 nm is measured to be 0.5?
26. The molar absorption coefficient of a substance dissolved in cyclohexane is 1710 L
mol–1cm–1 at 500 nm. The reduction in intensity of light of the same wavelength that passes
through a cell of 1 mm path length containing a 2 mmolL–1 solution is %
27. The rotational absorption spectrum of H35Cl shows the following lines:
Neglecting centrifugal distortion, the value of the rotational constant in units of cm -1 is
estimated as?
28. Comment on the IR activity of SO3 molecule vibrations.