Unit 1
Unit 1
Question Bank
Principles of Quantum Mechanics
1. Write notes on “Theory of Black Body Radiation".
2. What is black body? State Rayleigh-Jeans law of black body radiation.
3. Explain photoelectric effect. Discuss the laws of photoelectric effect.
4. Mention the ideas which prompted de Broglie to propose his concept of matter waves.
5. Explain the concept of dual nature of the light.
6. Derive an expression for the de Broglie wavelength of an electron.
7. Describe the experimental verification of matter waves using Davisson-Germer
experiment.
8. State and explain Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
9. Derive Schrödinger’s wave equation for the motion of an electron.
10. Show that the available energies of a free electron are quantized in a 1 dimensional
potential box.
11. Calculate the wavelength of matter wave associated with a neutron whose Kinetic
energy is 1.5 times the rest mass of electron. (Given that Mass of neutron = 1.676 x 10 -
27
kg, Mass of electron = 9.1 x10-31 kg, Planck's constant = 6.62x 10-34 J-sec, Velocity
of light = 3 x108 m/s).
12. Calculate the velocity and kinetic energy of an electron having wavelength of 0.21 nm.
13. A body has a mass of 0.55 gm and moves with a velocity 3.50x105 cm/s.What is the de
Broglie wavelength associated with it?