Physics
Physics
1st Edition
Walker
ISBN: 9780133256925
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Page 891: Practice Problems

Exercise 7
Solution 1
Solution 2
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$textbf{Given:}$

$E_n = – 0.278$ eV

$textbf{Find:}$ n

$textbf{Formula:}$

$$
begin{gather}
E_n = -(13.6 text{ eV}) times dfrac{1}{n^2}
end{gather}
$$

Using Eq (1), we can derive a formula to compute for n, such that:

$$
begin{align*}
n^2 &= dfrac{13.6 text{ eV}}{0.278 text{ eV}} \
n &= sqrt{dfrac{13.6 text{ eV}}{0.278 text{ eV}}} \
n &= 7
end{align*}
$$

Therefore, the Bohr orbit that has the energy of -0.278 eV is $boxed{text{n =7}}$

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$$
textbf{n =7}
$$
Step 1
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Knowing that this energy has to be of the form of
$$
E_n=-0.278text{ eV} =-(13.6text{ eV})frac{1}{n^2}
$$
we obtain

$$
n^2 = frac{13.6text{ eV}}{0.278text{ eV}}Rightarrow n=sqrt{ frac{13.6text{ eV}}{0.278text{ eV}}} = 7
$$

so this is the energy of seventh Bohr’s orbit.

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Exercise 8
Solution 1
Solution 2
Step 1
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$textbf{Given:}$

$E_1 = -0.72$ eV

$E_2 = -0.46$ eV

$textbf{Find:}$ n, such that:

$$
begin{gather}
n_1 < n < n_2
end{gather}
$$

$textbf{Formula:}$

$$
begin{gather}
E_n = -(13.6 text{ eV}) times dfrac{1}{n^2}
end{gather}
$$

Using (2), we can derive an equation that can calculate $n_1$ and $n_2$, such that:

$$
begin{align*}
n_1 &= sqrt{dfrac{-(13.6 text{ eV})}{-0.72 text{ eV}}} \
&= 4.36 \
n_2 &= sqrt{dfrac{-(13.6 text{ eV})}{-0.46 text{ eV}}} \
&= 5.43 \
end{align*}
$$

Using the relationship stated in (1):

$$
begin{gather*}
4.36 < n < 5.43
end{gather*}
$$

Therefore, the Bohr orbit whose energy lies in the range of $E_1$ and $E_2$ is $boxed{text{n = 5}}$

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$$
textbf{n = 5}
$$
Step 1
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Knowing that this energy has to be of the form of
$$
E_n=-(13.6text{ eV})frac{1}{n^2}
$$
we obtain

$$
-0.72text{ eV}<-(13.6text{ eV})frac{1}{n^2}frac{1}{n^2}>0.034.
$$
Now putting everything to the power of minus one, which would again change inequality signs we get

$$
19<n^2<30.
$$

The only natural number satisfying this is $n=5$ which is the required quantum number.

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