Answer to Question #185924 in Inorganic Chemistry for swefrgcijukerfgiultgreiulrg

Question

How can you explain that energy in one dimensional box is quantized ?

Answer 1

The energy of the particle is quantized as a consequence of a standing wave condition inside the box. The potential energy function that confines the particle in a one-dimensional box. A particle bound to a one-dimensional box can only have certain discrete (quantized) values of energy.