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Journal of Chemical Education

A particle in a chemical box

K. Michael Jinks

Published May 1, 1975• 4 citations
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Abstract

The conventional quantum mechanical problem of a particle in a one-dimensional box can be made more interesting chemically without introducing any more difficult mathematics by employing a potential diagram rather than the usual infinite well.
DOI
10.1021/ed052p312

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