PHYSICS

BOOKS - HC VERMA PHYSICS

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BOHR'S MODEL AND PHYSICS OF THE

ATOM

Example
1. Calculate the energy of a H e +
ion in its first

excited state solution

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2. Calculate the wavelength of radiation

emitted when He
+
makes a transtion from

the state n = 3 to the state n = 2

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3. The excitation energy of a hydrogen-like ion

in its first excited state is 40.8eV Find the

energy needed to remove the electron from

the ion

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Worked Out Example

1. Find the radius of Li

+ +
ions in its ground

state assuming Bohr 's model to be valid

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2. A particular hydrogen like radiation of

frequency 2.467 × 10
15
Hz when it makes

transition from n = 2 → n = 1 ,What will be

the frequency of the radiation emitted in a

transition from n = 3 → n = 1 ?

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3. Calculate the two highest wavelength of the

radiation emitted when hydrogen atoms make

transition from higher state to n = 2

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4. What is the wavelength of the radiation

emitted when the electron in a hydrogen atom

jumps from n = → n = 2 ?

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5. (a)Find the wavelength of the radiation

required to excited the electron is Li

+ +
from
the first to the third Bohr orbit (b) How many

spectral lines are obseved in the emission

spactrum of the above excited system?

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6. Find the wavelength present in the

radiation emitted when hydrogen atoms

emitted to n = 3 states return to their

ground state.

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7. How many different wavelengths may be

observed in the spectrum from a hydrogen

sample if the atoms excited to states with

principal quantum number n?

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8. Monnohramatic radition of wavelength λ is

incident on a hydrogen sample in ground

state hydrogen atoms obserb a frection of

light and subsequently and radition of six

different wavelength .Find the value of λ

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9. The energy needed to detach the electron of

a hydrogen like ion in ground state is a 4

Rydberg. (a) what is the wavelength of the

radiation emitted when the electron jumps

from the first excited state to the ground

state? (b) What is the radius of the orbit for

this atom?

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10. A hydrogen sample is prepared in a

particular state A photon of energy 2.55eV

get observed into the sample to take some of

the electron in a farther excited state B find

the quantum numbers of the state A and B

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11. (a) Find the maximum wavelength λ90 ) of

light which can ionize a hydrogen atom in its

ground (b) light of wavelength λ0 is inclined

on ahydrogen atom which is in its first excited

state find the kinrtic energy of the electron

coming out

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12. Derive an expression for the magnetic field

at the site of the necleas in a hydrogen atom

due to the circular motion of the electron

Assume that the atom is in its ground state

and the answer in lerms of fandmental

constants

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13. A lithium atom has electrons. Assume the

following simple picture of the atom Two

electron moves close to the nucleus making

up a spherical cloud it and the third moves

outside the cloud in a circular orbit . Bohr's

model can be used for the motion of this third

electron butn = 1 state are not available to it.

Calculate the ionization energy of lithium in

ground state using the above picture.

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14. A particle known as mu mean has a charge

equal to that of no electron and mass 208

times the mass of the electron B moves in a

circular orbit around a nucleus of charge + 3e

Take the mass of the nucles to be infinite

Assuming that the bohr's model is applicable

to this system (a)drive an eqression for the

radius of the nth Bohr orbit (b) find the value

of a for which the redius of the orbit it

approninately the same as that at the first

bohr for a hydrogen atom (c) find the

wavelength of the radiation emitted when the

u - mean jump from the orbit to the first orbit

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15. Find the wavelength in a hydrogen

spectrum between the range

500nm → 700nm

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16. A beem of ultraviolet radius hacking

wavelength between 100nm and 200nm is

inclined on a sample of atomic hydrogen gos

Assuming that the atoms are in ground state

which wavelength will have low intensity in the

transnilled been? If the energy of a photon is

equal to the ground state it haslarge

probobility of being observed by on atom in

the ground state

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17. A neutron moving with a speed v makes a

head-on collision with a hydrogen atom in

ground state kept at rest. Find the Minimum

Kinetic Energy of Neutron for which inelastic

collision will be take place is (assume that

mass of h-atom is nearly equal to the mass of

neutron)

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18. Light corresponding to the transition

n = 4 → n = 2 in hydrogen atom falls on

cesium metal (work function = 1.9eV ) Find

the maximum kinetic energy of the

photoelectrons emitted

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19. A small particle of mass m move in such a

1
way the potential energy U =
2
m ω r
2 2
when
2

a is a constant and r is the distance of the

particle from the origin Assuming Bohr's

model of quantization of angular momentum

 and circular orbits , show that radius of the

nth allowed orbit is proportional to in

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Obejective I

1. The minimum orbital angular momentum of

the electron in a hydrogen atom is

A. h

B. h / 2
 C. h / 2π

D. h / λ

Answer: C

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2. Three photons coming from excited atoms

hydrogen sample are pickedup .There energies

are 12.1eV , 10.2eV and 1.9eV these photons

must come from

 A. a simple atom

B. two atoms

C. three atoms

D. either two atoms or three atoms

Answer: D

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3. Suppose the electron in a hydrogen atom

makes transition from

n = 3 → n = 2 ∈ 10
−8
s The order of the
torque acting on the electon in this period,

using the relation between torque and

angular momentum as discussed in the

chapter on rotational machanics is

A. 10 − 34
Nm

B. 10 − 24
Nm

C. 10 − 42
Nm

D. 10 −8
Nm

Answer: B

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4. In which of the following transition will the

wavelength be minimum ?

A. n = 5 → n = 4

B. n = 4 → n = 3

C. n = 3 → n = 2

D. n = 2 → n = 1

Answer: D

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5. In which of the following system will the

radius of the first orbit(n = 1) be minimum?

A. Hydrogen atom

B. Deuterium atom

C. single ionized helium

D. Doubly ionized lithium

Answer: D

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6. In which of the following system will the

wavelength corresponding to n = 2 → n = 1

be minimum ?

A. Hydrogen atom

B. Deuterium atom

C. single ionized helium

D. Doubly ionized lithium

Answer: D

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7. Which of the following cueve may

repressent the speed of the electron in a

hydrogen atom as afunction of the principal

quantum number n?

A.

B.

C.

D.
Answer: C

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8. As one considers orbits with higher value of

n in a hydrogen atom, the electron potential

energy of the atom

A. decreases

B. increases

C. remain the same

D. does not increases

Answer: B

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9. The energy of an atom (or ion) in the

ground state is − 54.4eV .It may be?

A. Hydrogen

B. deuterium

C. H e +

D. Li + +
Answer: C

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10. The radius of the shortest orbit in a one

electron system is 18pm it may be

A. Hydrogen

B. deuterium

C. H e +

D. Li + +
Answer: D

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11. A hydrogen atom in ground state absorbs

10.2eV of energy .The orbital angular

momentum of the electron is increases by

A. 1.05 × 10 − 34
Js

B. 2.11 × 10 − 34
Js

C. 3.16 × 10 − 34
Js

D. 4.22 × 10 − 34
Js
Answer: A

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12. Which of the following parameters are the

same for all hydrogen like atoms and ions in

their ground state?

A. Radius of the orbit

B. Speed of the electron

C. Energy of the atom

 D. Orbital angular momentum of the

electron

Answer: D

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13. In a inser tube all the photons

A. have same wavelength

B. have same energy

C. move in same direction

 D. move with same speed

Answer: D

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Obejective Ii

1. In a laboratory experiment on emission from

atomic hydrogen in a discharge tube only a

small number of lines are observed whereas a

large number of lines are pressent in the

hydrogen spectrum of a star .This is because

in a laboratory

A. the amount of hydrogen taken is smaller

than that pressent in the star

B. the temperature of hydrogen is much

smaller than that of the star

C. the pressure of hydrogen is much

smaller than that of the star

D. the gravitational pull is much smaller

than that of the star

Answer: B

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2. An electron with kinetic energy 5eV is

incident on a hydrogen atom in its ground

state.The collision

A. must be elastic

B. may be partially elastic

C. must be completely inelastic

D. may be completely inelastic

Answer: A

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3. Which of the following products in a

hydrogen atom are independent of the

principal quantum number n? The symbols

have theirusual meanings

A. un

B. Er

C. E pi
 D. ur

Answer: A::B

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4. Let A_(0) be the area enclined by the orbit in

a hydrogen atom .The graph of in (A 0 / A 1 )

againest in(pi)

A. will pass through the origin

B. will be a straigth line with slope 4

 C. will be a monotonically increasing

nonlinear curve

D. will be a circle

Answer: A::B

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5. Ionzation energy of a hydrogen like A is

greater than that of another hydrogen like ion

Let r, u, E and L repreasent the radius of the

orbit, speed of the electron energy of the

 atom and orbital angular momentum of the

electron respectively, in ground state

A. r A
> rB

B. u A
> uB

C. E A
> EB

D. L A
> lB

Answer: B

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Exercises
 2
ε0 h
1. The bohr radius is given by a0 =
2
πme

verify that the RHS has dimesions of length

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2. Find the wavelength of the radiation by

hydrogen in the transition (a)n = 3 to n = 2,

(b)n = 5 to n = 4 and(c) n = 10 to n = 9`

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3. Calculate the smaller wavelength of

radiation that may be emitted by (a) hydrogen

(b)H e and (c ) Li
+ + +

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4. Evalute Rydberg constant by putting the

value of the fundamental constants in its

expression

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5. Find the binding energy of a hydrogen atom

in the state n = 2

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6. Find the radius and energy of a H e + +

ion in

the states (a) n = 1, (b)n = 4 and (c)n = 10

is

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7. A hydrogen atom emits ultraviolet of

wavelength 102.5nm what are the quantum

number of the state involved in the transition?

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8. Find the first excitation potential of He

+

ion (a)Find the ionization potential of Li

+ +

ion

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9. A group of hydrogen atom are prepered in

n = 4 states list the wavelength that are

emitted as the atoms make transition and

return to n = 2 states

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10. A positive ion having just one electron

ejects it if a photon of wavelength Å or

228

less is absorbed by it. Identify the ion

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11. Find the maximum coulomb force can act

on the electron due to the nucleus in a

hydrogen atom.

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12. A hydrogen atom in a having a binding of

0.85eV makes transition to a state with

excited energy 10.2eV (a) identify the

quantum number n of theupper and the lower

energy state involved in the transition (b) Find

the wavelength of the emitted radiation

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13. Whenever a photon is emitted by hydrogen

in balmer series it is followed by another in

lyman series what wavelength does this latter

photon correspond to?

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14. A hydrogen atom in state n = 6 makes two

successive transition and reaches the ground

state in the first transition a photon of 1.13eV

is emitted (a) Find the energy of the photon

emitted in the second transition (b) what is

the value of n in the intermediate state?

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15. What is the energy of a hydrogen atom in

the first excited state if the potential energy is

taken to be zero in the ground state?

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16. A hot gas emites radition of wavelength

46.0nm, 82.8nm and 103.5nm only Assume

that the atoms have only two excited state

and the difference between consecutive

energy levels decrease as energy is increased

Taking the energy of the higest energy state

to be zero find the energies of the ground

state and the first excited state

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17. A gas of hydrogen like ions is prepared in a

particular excited state A. if emit photons

having wavelength equal to the wavelength of

the first line of the lyman series together with

photons of five other wavelength identify the

gas and find the principal quantum number of

the state A

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18. Find the maximum angular speed of the

electron of a hydrogen atoms in a statoonary

orbit

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19. A spectroscopic instrument can resolve two

nearly wavelength λ and λ + Δλ if λ / Δλ

is smaller than 8000 This is used to study the

spectral lines of the balmer series of hydrogen

Approximately how many lines will be resolved

by the instrument?

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20. Suppose in certine condition only those

transition are allowed to hydrogen atoms in

which the principal quantum number a

changes by2 (a) Find the smaller wavelength

emitted by hydrogen (b) list the wavelength

emitted by hydrogen in the visible range

(380nm → 780nm)
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21. According to maxwell's theiory of

electrodnamics, an electron going in a circle

should emit redastion of frequency equal to

the frequency of revolution what should be

the wavelength of the radiation emitted by a

hydrogen atom in ground state if this rule is

follewed?

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22. The avrage kinetic energy of molecules in a

gas at temperature T is 1.5KT find the

temperature at which the average kinetic

energy of the molecules of hydrogen equals

the binding energy of its atoms will hydrogen

remain in molecles form at this temperature ?

Take k = 8.62 × 10
−5
eV K
−1

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23. Find the temperature at which the everage

thermal kinetic energy is equal to the energy

needed to take a hydrogen atom from its

ground state n = 3 state hydrogen can now

emit rod light of wavelength 653.1nm because

of maxwellan distribution of speeds a

hydrogen sample emits red light at

temperature much lower than that obtained

from this problem Asuume that hydrogen that

hydrogen molecules dissociate into atoms

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24. Avarage lifetime of a hydrogen atom

excited to n = 2 state 10
−6
s find the number

of revolutions made by the electron on the

avarage before it jump to the ground state

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25. calculate the magnetic dipolemoment

corresponding to the motion of the electron

in the ground state of a hydrogen atom

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26. The ratio of magnetic dipole moment and

angular momentum of charged body of charge

q and mass m is

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27. A beam of light having wavelength

distributed uniformly between

450nm → 550nm passes through a sample of

hydrogen gas which wavelength will have the

least intensity in the transition beam?

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28. Radiation coming from transition

n = 2 → n = 1 of hydrogen atoms falls on

helium in n = 1 and n = 2 state what are

the possible transition of helium ions as they

absorb energy from the radiation?

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29. A hydrogen atom in ground state obsebe a

photon of ultraviolet radition of wavelength

50nm Assuming that the entire photon

energy is taken up by the electron with what

kinetic energy will the up by the electron with

what kinetic energy will the electron be

ejected?

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30. A parallel beam of light of wavelength

100nm passes through a sample of atomic

hydrogengas in ground state (a)Assume that

when a photon suppose some of its energy to

a hydrogen atom the rest of the energy

appears as another photon moving in the

same direction as the incident photon

Neglecting the light emitted by the excited

hydrogen ato in the direction of the incident

beam, ? (b) A radiation detector is placed near

the gas to detect radiation coming

perpenducular to the incident beam find the

wevelength of radiation that may be detected

by the detector

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31. A beam of momechromatic light of

wavelength λ ejectes photonelectrons from a

cesium (ϕ = 1.9eV ) these photonelectron

are mde to collide with h-atom in ground state

. find the maximum value of λ for which (a)

hydrogen atoms may be ionised (b) hydrogen

may get excited from the ground state to the

first excited state and (c ) the excited

hydrogen atoms may emit visible light

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32. Electron are emited from an electron gun

at almost zero velocity and are accelerated by

an electric field E through a distance of 1.0m

The electron are now scatteared by an atomic

hydrogen sample in ground state what should

be the minimum value of E so that red light of

wavelength 656.5nm may be emitted by the

hydrogen?

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33. A neutron having kinetic energy 12.5eV

collides with a hydrogen atom at rest negect

the difference in mass between the neutron

and the hydrogen atom and assume that the

neutron does not leave its of motion find the

posible kinetic energy of the neutron after the

event
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34. A hydrogen atom moving at speed υ

collides with another hydrogen atom kept at

rest .Find the minimum value of u for which

one of the atoms may get ionized the mass of

a hydrogen atom = 1.67 × 10

− 27
kg

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35. A neutron moving with a speed u strikes a

hydrogen atom in ground state in ground

toward it with the same speed Find the

minimum speed of the neutron for which

ineleastic (completely or perially) collision may

take place .The mass of neutron = mass of

hydrogen = 1.67 × 10
− 27
kg

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36. When a photon is emited by a hydrogen

atom , the photon carries a momentum with it

(a) calculate the momentum carreied by the

photon when a hydrogen atom emits light of

wavelength 656.3nm(b) with what speed does

the atoms recoil during this transition? Take

the mass of the hydrogen atom

= 1.67 × 10
− 27
kg (c ) Find the kinetic energy

of recoil of the atom

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37. When a photon is emitted from an atom ,

the atom recils The kinetic energy of recoils

and the energy of the photon come from the

difference in energy between the state

involved in the transition suppose a hydrogen

atom change its state from n = 3 → n = 2

calculate the fractional change in the

wavelength of light emitted , due to the recoil

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38. The light emitted in the transition

n = 3 → n = 2 in hydrogen is called H light

α

.Find the maximum work fonction a metel one

have so that H light can emit photoelectrons

α

from it
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39. Light from balmer series of hydrogen is

able to eject photoelectron from a metal what

can be the maximum work function of the

metal?

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40. Radiation from hydrogen discharge tube

falls on a cesium plate find the maximum

possible kinetic energy of the photeelectron

work function of cesium is 1.9ev

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41. A filter transition only the radiationof

wavelength greater than 440 nm. Radiation

from a hydrogen discharge tube goes through

such a filter and is incident on a metel of work

function 2.0eV . Find the stopping potential

which can stop the photoelectrons.

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42. The earth revolves round the sun due to

gravitatinal attraction. Suppose that the sun

and the earth are point particle with their

existing masses and that Bhor's quantization

rule for angular monentum is valid in the case

of gravitation (a) Calculate the minimum

radius the earth can have for its orbit. (b)

What is the value of the principle quantum

number n for the present radius ? Mass of the

earth = 24
6.0 × 10 kg, mass of the sun =
2.0 × 10
30
kg, earth-sun distance =

1.5 × 10
11
m .

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43. Consider a neutrom and an electron bound

to each other due to gravitational force.

Assuming Bohr's quantization rule angular

momentum to be valid in this case, derive an

expression for the energy of the neutron-

electron system.

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44. A uniform magnetic field B exists in a

region. An electrons projected perpendicular

to the field goes in a circle. Assuming Bohr's

quantization rule for angular momentum,

calculate (a) the smallest possible radius of

the electrons (b) the radius of the nth orbit

and (c) the minimum possible speed of the

electron.

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45. Suppose in an imginary world the angular

momentum is quantized to be even integral

multiples of h / 2π . What is the longest

possible wavelenght emitted by hydrogen

atoms in visible range in such a world

according to Bohr's model?

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46. Consider an excited hydrogen atom in

state n moving with a velocity υ(υ < < c) . It

 emits a photon in the direction of its motion

and changes its state to a lower state m. Apply

momentum and energy conservation principle

to calculate the frequency v of the emitted

radiation, compare this with the frequency v0

emitted if the atom were at rest.

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Short Answer
1. How many wavelength are emitted by atomic

hydrogen in visible range (380nm − 780nm)

? In the range 50nm → 100nm ?

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2. The excited energy of a He

+
ion is the

same as the ground state energy of hydrogen

is it always true that one of the energies of

any hydrogen like ion will be the same as the

ground state energy of a hydrogen atom?

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3. Which wavelength will be emitting by a

sample of atomic hydrogen gas (in ground

state) if electron of energy 12.5eV collide with

the atoms of the gas?

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4. When white radiation is passed through a

sample of hydrogen gas at room temperature ,

absorption lines are observed in lyman series

only Explain

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5. Balmer series was observed and analysed

before the other series .Can you suggest a

reason for such an order?

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6. What will be the energy corresponding to

the first excited state of a hydrogen atom if

the potential energy of the atom is taken to

be 10eV when the electron is widely

separated from the proton ? Can be still write

2
En = E1 / n , or , r n = a0 n
2
?

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7. The differece is the frequency of series limit

of lyman series and balmar series is equal to

the frequency of the first line of the lyman

series Explain

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8. The ionization potential for the electron in

the ground state of the hydrogen atom is 13.6

eV atom
−1
. What would be the inization

potential for the electron in the first excited

state of Li +
?

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9. We have stimulated and spontaneous

emission .Do we also have stimulated

absorption and spontaneous obsorption?

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10. An atom is in its excited state ,Does the

probalility of its coming to ground state

depend on whether the radiation is alreasdy

pressent or not? If you does it also depends

on the wavelength of the radiation pressent?

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