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AP EAMCET · PHYSICS · Atomic Physics

The centripetal acceleration ' \(a\) ' of an electron in an orbit of hydrogen and the principal quantum number ' \(n\) ' of the orbit are related by

  1. A a \(\alpha n^2\)
  2. B a \(\alpha \frac{1}{n^2}\)
  3. C a \(\alpha n^4\)
  4. D \(\alpha \frac{1}{n^4}\)
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(D) \(\alpha \frac{1}{n^4}\)

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Centripetal acceleration is given by \(a=\frac{v^2}{r}\) We have…