In: Physics
A conduction electron is confined to a metal wire of length 13.2 cm. By treating the conduction electron as a particle confined to a one-dimensional box of the same length, find the energy spacing between the ground state and the first excited state. Give your answer in eV.
Here, we have to consider a conduction electron as a particle confied to one-dimensional box of length to a metal wire.
So, we know mass of the electron ( m ) =
Length of the box ( L ) = 13.2 cm = 0.132 m
The Energy of the particle in a one-dimensional box is given by,
,
where h is the planck constant,
n is the energy state level
m is the mass of the particle
L is the length of the box
For the given situtation state energy can be given as,
For the ground state, n=1 and for the first excited state, n=2
So, and
Energy spacing between the ground state and the first excited state,
,