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The function R(r) is called the radial wavefunction it tells us how the wavefunction varies as we move away from the nucleus in any direction. The function Y(0,c[>) is called the angular wavefunction it tells us how the wavefunction varies as the angles 0 and c > change. For example, the wavefunction corresponding to the ground state of the hydrogen atom ( = 1) is... 

What does this equation tell us For this wavefunction, the angular wavefunction Y is a constant, 1/2tti/2 , independent of the angles, which means that the wavefunction is the same in all directions. The radial wavefunction R(r) decays exponentially toward zero as r increases, which means that the electron density is highest close to the nucleus (e° =1). The Bohr radius tells us how sharply the wavefunction falls away with distance when r = a ), t i has fallen to 1/e (37%) of its value at the nucleus. 

For this wavefunction, the angular wavefunction Y is a constant, l/2ir1/2, independent of the angles, and the radial wavefunction decays exponentially toward 0 as r increases. The quantity a0 is called the Bohr radius when the values of the fundamental constants are inserted, we find a0 = 52.9 pm. The expressions for a number of other atomic orbitals are shown in Table 1.2. 

The wavefunction depends on R and on the four angles Or, Schrodinger equation, we expand h in terms of parity adapted angular wavefunctions of the form (Launay 1976)... 

Here, we look at the atomic orbitals (AOs) that constitute the partly filled subshell we are dealing for the moment with free atoms/ions, as observed in the gas phase. An AO is a function of the coordinates of just one electron, and is the product of two parts the radial part is a function of r, the distance of the electron from the nncleus and thns has spherical syimnetry the angular part is a function of the x, y, and z axes and conveys the directional properties of the orbital. The notation nd indicates an AO whose / qnantum number is 2 we have five nd orbitals corresponding to m/ = 2,1, 0, —1, and —2. Solving the Schrodinger equation, we obtain the angular wavefunctions as equations (15). 

The mathematical functions for atomic orbitals may be written as a product of two factors the radial wavefunction describes the behavior of the electron as a function of distance from the nucleus (see below) the angular wavefunction shows how it varies with the direction in space. Angular wavefunctions do not depend on n and are characteristic features of s, p, d,... orbitals. 

The Pauli principle allows each orbital Ygm(0, ) to be occupied at most by two electrons, one with spin up and the other with spin down. If we fill all the individual angular wavefunctions which are solutions of the independent electron central field equations for a given value of , by putting all 2(2 + 1) (the factor of 2 arises because there are two spin states) electrons into a given subshell, then the resulting charge shell, given by... 

Not only are Li+ intercalation and H+ intercalation in these solids closely similar processes, but topotactic Li+/H+ exchange has been observed on complex oxides [614] this is further evidence that soft chemistry is related to properties of the radial Schrodinger equation, the occupied angular wavefunctions being the same throughout the reversible redox cycle, so that bonds are not broken and bond directions, in particular, are hardly altered. In this respect, soft chemistry resembles physisorption, as opposed to chemisorption (see section 11.3). 

Solving this equation will not concern us, although it is useful to note that it is advantageous to work in spherical polar coordinates (Figure 1.4). When we look at the results obtained from the Schrodinger wave equation, we talk in terms of the radial and angular parts of the wavefunction, and this is represented in equation 1.14 where R r) and A 9,4>) are radial and angular wavefunctions respectively. ... 

While the angular equation (12) can be solved numerically (cf. [12]) or by expansion techniques (cf. [ll]) the set of coupled radial equations (13) has been treated by propagating quantum wavefunctions (cf. [11,20,21]) or, equivalently, S-matrices (cf. [12]) or R-matrices (cf. [22,23]) along the hyperspherical radius r. Due to the potential boundaries at cp =0 and cp = cp the angular wavefunctions I (r,cp ) form a discrete and complete set for the entire range of collision energies E, even in the domain above the dissociation limit... 

Using the mathematical forms of the angular wavefunctions for the five d-orbitals and for the orbital given in Table 4.1, as well as the angular vravefunctions for the p, and pj, orbitals given in Equations (4.6) and (4.7) and ignoring the normalization constants, prove that Equations (16.1)-(16.5) are true. 

The analogy between L in atoms and R in molecules can be understood by thinking of an atom as an ionically bonded molecule where the valence electron is one ion and the rest of the atom is the other. The angular wavefunction of the electron L, Ml), then, is nothing more than the rotational wavefunction R, Mr ) of this pseudomolecule, and indeed they are described by the same spherical harmonics. 

What we have found is one set of valid solutions to the angular wavefunction, having an eigenvalue of equal to k(k + l)h. This is an eigenvalue equation only if we equate the exponent k of the sine function to m/1, where W/ is our quantum number in Therefore, k must be an integer like m/, but (unlike m/) k cannot cannot be negative if the wavefunction is defined at all points, because sin 0 is infinite at 0 = 0. 

DERIVATION SUMMARY The Angular Solution. We chose a reasonable guess for the angular wavefunction, leaving several free parameters undecided, and just... 

Solving the One-Electron Atom Schrodinger Equation 115 TABLE 3.1 The angular wavefunctions ( ) of the one-electron atom. 

FIGURE 3.6 The 0-dependent term Vf 0) of the angular wavefunctions for the electron in a one-electron atom. These are cross-sections taken of the angular wavefunction in the xz plane. 

General features of the angular wavefunctions represented in Table 3.1 and Fig. 3.6 include these ... 

Here s one reason some people don t like quantum mechanics after all that effort to solve the Schrodinger equation, the angular wavefunctions listed in Table 3.1 could be written in a different—and equally valid—form. 

The 2p and 2py orbitals are neither better nor worse than our W/ = +1 orbitals, but they reflect a different choice of how we quantize our quantum states. Its that choice that seems so weird about the quantum mechanics here, and its origins are back in the uncertainty principle (Section 1.5). Although we cannot know exact values for all the parameters of our atom simultaneously, we can choose which ones we do want to know. When we use the m/ = 1 angular wavefunctions, we have states for which the z-component of the angular motion is well defined. When we use 2p and 2py, we have built Cartesian atomic orbitals that are pure real and that correspond to well-defined positions in space. 

H SAMPLE CALCULATION Atomic Orbital Wavefunctions. To write the electronic wavefunction for the 3d i state of the LT ion, we start by finding what quantum numbers we have. The 3d subshell corresponds to = 3, / = 2. For lithium, the atomic number Z is 3, and this is a factor in the radial wavefunction. Therefore, we combine the angular wavefunction for I, mi = 2,—I with the radial wavefunction for n, I = 3,2 and Z = 3 ... 

One possible set of angular wavefunctions for the four tr bond orbitals of square planar XeF4 is as follows ... 

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