Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 38 - Quantization - Exercises and Problems - Page 1154: 54

Answer

$\approx {\bf 9\times 10^{-8} }\;\rm eV$

Work Step by Step

We need to find the ground-state energy of the sodium ion confined in this box. We know that the energy levels of a particle in a box are given by $$E_n = \dfrac{n^2 h^2}{8mL^2}$$ Where: $ E_n $ is the energy of the $n$-th energy level and since the author told us to find that of the ground state, $n=1$, $h$ is Planck's constant, $m$ is the mass of the particle which here is the mass of the sodium ion, and $L$ is the length of the box. Plug the known; $$E_1 = \dfrac{ h^2}{8mL^2}$$ $$E_1 = \dfrac{ (1)^2 (6.626 \times 10^{-34})^2}{8m_{\rm Na}(10\times 10^{-9})^2}$$ where the mass of a sodium ion is $ \approx 3.82 \times 10^{-26} \; \rm{kg}$ $$E_1 = \dfrac{ (1)^2 (6.626 \times 10^{-34})^2}{8 (3.82 \times 10^{-26} )(10\times 10^{-9})^2}$$ $$E_1=\bf 1.437\times 10^{-26}\;\rm J\approx \color{red}{\bf 9\times 10^{-8} }\;\rm eV$$
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