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In the Classroom
A Rationalization for the Freshman Rules for the H-Atom Quantum Numbers
Oliver G. Ludwig
Department of Chemistry, 302 Mendel Hall, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085-1699
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May 2001
Vol. 78 No. 5
p. 634
Abstract
The Bohr theory of the hydrogen atom postulates integer values for the quantum number, but integers arise automatically in the Schrödinger theory. I use (but do not derive) explicit expressions for the individual parts of the orbitals to show how the usual freshman rules for the n,l,m quantum numbers of the hydrogen atom orbitals follow easily from the mathematics and need not be postulated.
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*  Citation
 Ludwig, Oliver G. J. Chem. Educ. 2001 78 634.
*  Keywords
 Atomic Properties / Structure; Hydrogen; Physical Chemistry; Quantum Chemistry
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Last Updated:		 March 22, 2001
August 31, 2005
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