Question
The figure below is the plot of potential energy versus internuclear distance ( d ) of H 2 molecule in the electronic ground state. What is the value of the net potential energy E 0 (as indicated in the figure) in kJ mol - 1 , for d = d 0 at which the electron-electron repulsion and the nucleus-nucleus repulsion energies are absent? As reference, the potential energy of H atom is taken as zero when its electron and the nucleus are infinitely far apart. Use Avogadro constant as 6 .023 × 10 23 mol − 1 . Mark total potential energy for 2 H-atom (per mole) as answer.