Energy Levels
Energy of nth Bohr orbit in hydrogen-like ion (atomic number Z) scales as:
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Solution
−Z2/n2
According to Bohr's model, the energy of an electron in the n-th orbit is given by En=−8ϵ02h2n2me4Z2. For hydrogen-like ions, this can be simplified to En=−13.6n2Z2eV. The negative sign indicates that the electron is bound to the nucleus. The energy is directly proportional to the square of the atomic number (Z2) and inversely proportional to the square of the principal quantum number (n2).
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- Subject
- physics
- Chapter
- atoms and nuclei
- Topic
- energy levels
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Year
- 2025
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