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What is the width of the potential well?
An electron is trapped in a one-dimensional infinite well and is in its first excited state. The five longest wavelengths of light that the electron could absorb in transitions from this initial state via a single photon absorption: λa = 44.58 nm, λb = 18.57 nm, λc = 10.61 nm, λd = 6.97 nm, and λe = 4.95 nm. What is the width of the potential well?
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- HelmutLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
If it is a one-dimensional infinite well, the width is 0.
If it is a square well,
44.58 = 7.43*3*2
18.57 = 6.19*3
10.61 = 10.61
6.97 = 0.41*17
4.95 = 0.11*5*3*3
Since there is no LCM the width must be
0.000792613615840299 m
