In Chapter 4 you determined the stiffness of the interatomic “spring” (chemical bond) between atoms in a block of lead to
be 5 N/m, based on the value of Young's modulus for lead. Since in our model each atom is connected to two springs, each
half the length of the interatomic bond, the effective “interatomic spring stiffness” for an oscillator is 4 × 5 N/m = 20 N/m.
The mass of one mole of lead is 207 grams (0.207 kilograms). What is the energy, in joules, of one quantum of energy for
an atomic oscillator in a block of lead?
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