6. Hydrogen Atom Wavefunctions (Orbitals)

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Published 2017-08-03

MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2014
View the complete course: ocw.mit.edu/5-111F14
Instructor: Catherine Drennan

Where is that electron anyway? In this lecture, the probability of finding an electron at a particular distance from the nucleus is discussed. The concept of wavefunctions (orbitals) is introduced, and applications of electron spin are described. In particular, chemist Ben Ofori-Okai introduces us to the wonders of magnetic resonance imaging, also known as MRIs.

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All Comments (21)

@weixiong1.0 3 years ago

Gotta love her shirts.
@goldensiddiqui 3 years ago

On her t shirt :- Sci-Fi
@ArielLorusso 3 years ago

17:57 Accurate description of 2020.
@aelobalthrop1413 3 years ago

Nano MRI sounds absolutely a fascinating concept!!
@sashafairyy 5 years ago

Awesome. first year university student doing this topic and came upon this video. Cleared to concept up for me perfectly. THANK YOU
@indiaview9414 1 hour ago

wavefunction on t-shirt was really working during lecture
@shamsamir1698 11 months ago

The beautiful use of educational tools and techniques! Wow!
@hp127 2 years ago

So great. Thanks MIT for providing these,
@Habe111 5 years ago

great teaching, thank you so much
@kennyimammahardika3868 4 years ago

18:05 "we're still very far away from having a real cure for the common cold" 18:11 person: *cough*
@dragonbmgo 2 months ago

Thank you for this video! Love your lectures and I'm grateful they are all free on youtube 😊
@jawden5638 3 years ago

17:31 Was Nano MRI part of the COVID research. If so, big thumps up! We are soo close to being able to live life just as it was when this video was made!
@mrozzy4442 3 years ago

Great lecture - thank you!
@moayadsrour4408 3 years ago

This very helpful , thank you !
@amritpalsinghsaini2575 5 years ago

How can we solve the part at 22:00 the column ?
@aghamdahri7714 3 years ago

Excellent Way of convying
@indrajitbandyopadhyay9161 2 years ago

Very nice! Could you please explain in the next video how we get different shapes of s, p, d, f orbitals with phases of lobes? This can be used to plot using Excel
@ronaldjorgensen6839 1 year ago

YOU ARE THE BEST EXPLAINER EVER THANK YOU
@miosoto 3 years ago

Hi guys I checked ocw I could not find lecture on Organic chemistry , if anyone did , please share the link
@ChaineYTXF 3 years ago

R_Y (in eV) not R_H (rydberg constant in m^{-1}), right..?