Document Type
Report
Source Publication Title
Technical Report 216
Abstract
In this note, we explore an elementary method for approximating the radii and speeds of first ring electrons in atoms. The approach uses only a single algebraic equation with parameters. Any particular atom under study defines all the parameters. A simple hand calculator technique always applies for solving any resulting equation. Results are given through calcium and, to three decimal places, are shown, unexpectedly, to be essentially identical to available quantum mechanics calculations.
Disciplines
Mathematics | Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Publication Date
1-1-1984
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Greenspan, Donald, "A Mathematical Curiosity in Estimating the Radius of the First Ring Electrons of an Arbitary Atom" (1984). Mathematics Technical Papers. 303.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/math_technicalpapers/303